The Oconic Prison - The Oconic Gates

He avoided going to prison. Now he's breaking into one... Varo Pinetta has had his scrapes with the law, but now he's a caster - a legionnaire trained to wield magical 'oca' in service of the Empire. He thought he'd put his criminal past behind him. But then his Sergeant ordered him to bust into a prison to rescue an old friend. Not just any prison. A 600 foot-tall tower of rock called a Pillar, its location unknown, a portal gateway the only way in or out.
Led by a beautiful thief, Pinetta and his fellow prison-breakers hatch a daring plan that involves an explosive heist and a clever fraud. The trouble is, the prison governor knows they're coming.Can they rescue the oconic prisoner? Or will they die trying?The Oconic Prison is a page-turning fantasy thriller that's part Ripper Street, part Stargate, with a touch of The Italian Job. It's set in the same world as the fantasy fiction books in The Oconic Gates series, which begins with the military action adventure novel Once Called Magic.