Mage: The Awakening — Chad Westbrook

Lucian Noctilus was just a young boy playing with other children when a slight accident awoke the gift of Maegus, a bloodline of sorcery. After losing his mother to assassins hired by the Prince of Tala Mor, Lucian is rescued by his legendary grandfather and is taken in by him, learning the way of the Mage. But the Prince of Tala Mor is bent on usurping the throne from his father and destroying all mages, Lucian and many like him included. They will have no choice but to stop him.