There are two ways to power: claim a birthright…or steal it.
The new school year at Heksheim Academy of Myth and Magic is about to begin — and two things are weighing heavy on sixteen-year-old Ember Lothbrok’s mind.
First, Ellesmere Island’s children are disappearing without a trace. Second, the Kitts, her foster family, have made a surprise offer of adoption.
Being adopted would mean Ember’s best friend, Fen, would become her brother…but she can’t help feeling like it’s also a betrayal of her late parents.
Then, on the eve of the adoption ceremony, the Kitts’ doorstep is darkened by an unexpected visitor with a strange claim on Ember’s future. And just like that, “home” vanishes into thin air. Again.
Haunted by dreams of a wailing woman, the island’s lost children, and fast falling for a boy with sparkling eyes, Ember searches for the key to the mystery.
But as truth is revealed and traitors are exposed, she learns that the deepest secrets are all drawn in blood.
