When Yara's mother passes away, she leaves behind a letter and a strange set of instructions. Yara must travel from thhe home she has always known to a place not on any map - Zehaira, a wolrd of sorcerers, alchemists and simmering magic. But Zehaira is not the land it used to be.

The practice of magic has been outlawed, the Sultan's alchemists are plotting a sinister scheme - and the answers Yara is searching for seem to be out of reach.

Yara must summon all of her courage to discover truth about her mother's past and her own identity . . . and to find her place in this magical new world.