When Clio conned her way in to the Underworld, her job was to steal magic that could protect her homeland. Instead, she escaped using the rebel child of a notorious spell weaver family.

And along the way, she exposed his most calamitous spell, positioning her people-and all magic-in peril.

Now she and Lyre face two impossible feats: recover his creation, and carry out it before his family members catches up to them. But when the spell is definitely unleashed with damaging results, caution is no more an option.

Clio and Lyre’s only chance is based on combining their power, but to make it out alive, they’ll want magic more dangerous than they’ve ever wielded before. And if indeed they fail, the realms will pay the price.