Newly emerging magicians Amelia and Thaniel find themselves connected in ways no one could have predicted. But it is a dangerous time to possess magic, and no magician is safe.

Torture and death are all any magician can expect if they are caught, but the oligarchy's web of manipulation runs deep, and some of those magicians find themselves trapped in Blackwell, forced to work for the very people who have killed their families.

In these Dark Days of Magic, secrets are everywhere, and nothing is what it seems, but the oligarchs are not the only ones capable of deception, and magicians are not the only ones seeking revenge.

Amelia and Thaniel are not on their own. They are not giving in, and they are not giving up.