Kan vara Runelords "serie böcker efter David Farland.
En granskare har följande att säga:
In Farland's world, there exists a magic that allows one person to take a physical or mental quality from another.
For example, a common man can grant his strength to his Runelord, living out his days as weak as a baby, while the Runelord becomes twice as strong. Noble children receive gifts from their subjects at birth: beauty, eyesight, brawn, wit or intelligence, hearing, and so on. In return, the Runelords use their talents to govern their people and defend them in times of danger.
The givers of the gifts, called Dedicates, live in luxury, pampered by full-time attendants -- but without whatever qualities they bestowed upon their lords.
So a woman who gives her beauty to a newborn princess lives out her days as a dried-up hag. A man who bestows his flexibility on his king becomes forever creaky and stiff. A gift of sight leaves one blind; a gift of wit leaves one a drooling idiot.
I Runelords Universe kallas det magiska systemet " Endowments " - och det passar verkligen din faktura. Men utan ytterligare detaljer är det svårt att gissa om du har läst någon av dessa böcker. Mer på serien här och här .
Ser vad som helst ser bekant ut?