Christopher Golden

Timothy is a freak, a weakling, an impossibility. He's the only person in existence without magical powers and has spent his entire life hidden on a remote island. When Timothy is finally taken back to the city of his birth, he is fascinated by the current of magic that fuels the world, and mesmerized by the buildings and orbs that hang weightlessly in the sky. But he is also marked for death. Assassins are watching his every move, and the government...

"Timothy is just starting to settle into his new life as the only person in existence without magic. He hopes that things will get a little easier now that his father's wise friend Leander has taken the role of Grandmaster from the corrupt Nicodemus. Unfortunately, Timothy soon learns that his dragon friend, Verlis, has been imprisoned deep under the sea by the evil Constable Grimshaw. Verlis helped Timothy when so many others had turned their backs...