The Alchemist

A cute, short window into a world where magic exists but comes as an awful price. The world has been taken over by brambles that are death to touch. Each small work of magic causes more brambles to take root and grow and the only way to fight back is fire and the people are losing the fight. The Alchemist makes it his life's work to find a way to fight back that will free the world from the choking hold that the bramble has on them. But will it come at the cost of his family?
I just wanted to read more of this world. What came before when magic was used freely? What came after?