Linc, age 13, feels like he’s walking on thin ice after the recent death of his mom. Stubborn and headstrong, Linc is focusing all his energies on trying to make the basketball team. While he never believed he could learn magick, he’s hoping it will help him outsmart some neighborhood bullies and improve his game. However, when his magick teacher is kidnapped right before his eyes, his life takes on a new, terrifying challenge.

At age 15, Summer is struggling to cope with the death of her mom. When she begins to study magick, it opens a window into the future she thought had been closed. She can laugh again and the constant nausea roiling her stomach is gone. An eager, fearless student, Summer is quick to learn new spells. When her magick teacher is kidnapped, Summer will do whatever it takes to rescue her and protect her younger brother, regardless of the risks.

Jules is the mysterious neighbor and magick teacher of Summer and Linc. A renowned witch, she is also Queen of Solonguard, a country that adjoins Nyla’s. Together they present a united front against the aggressions of the Warlock of Wintermire. When she is captured by the Warlock, she can only hope her students aren’t foolish enough to try and rescue her themselves.

Nyla is the young Princess of Craghorn Springs, a small mountainous country. After her parent’s death, she had many guardians and teachers molding her into a successful ruler and warrior. Fierce and proud, Nyla can best most of her own guards with a blade. The country of Craghorn Springs, known as the land of butterflies, exists in a parallel dimension, accessed through a wormhole. As ruling monarch, Nyla can change at will into a monarch butterfly.

A strange man from a strange land. No one knows his real name or where he originated, but Tuts is the best tracker throughout the dimensions. Spells bounce off him and his highly sensitive nose allows him to follow any person’s scent like a bloodhound. He is known for his enormous bulging eyes. Short-tempered and impatient, a chilling menace radiates from him like an unpleasant smell.

Drafted as a Warlock’s cadet, he meets Linc and Summer in Wintermire during the Warlock’s birthday celebrations. Immediately attracted to Summer, he also befriends Linc. However, it doesn’t take long before he begins to suspect that neither Summer nor Linc are really from Wintermire. While Trystan tries to learn their secret, he needs to be careful. He also has his own deadly secret to keep.

Ubel Wintermire is a hideously powerful Warlock who survives by devouring live mice. No other magick user alive can compete against his power or strength. He has magickally altered his natural green eyes so he can see in the dark and strengthened his jaw to chew small bones.

The mere mention of his name sends ripples of fear across the countryside. He is the terror whispered by mothers to their children, warning them not to be caught alone in the night. Although he has vanished for more than 15 years, he remains the embodiment of every nightmare – a monstrously-tall cannibal rumored to gobble down children for snacks. A demon man with one blue eye and one eye fiery red like the flames scorching the underworld.