Elizabeth Shaw, Guardian of the Two Worlds, has a serious problem. Her ruthless brother Aedan and his bloodthirsty henchmen are determined to enslave Earth's inhabitants through a diabolical combination of Second World magic and First World technology. The combination would be catastrophic, and Aedan's subsequent rule merciless and absolute. Only Elizabeth and her Successor can prevent this apocalypse, but the search for the Successor has already spanned more than two decades, with little to show for it. Alexandra Ward and her best friend, Daniel Sutton, know nothing of this search or the existence of Second World. They do know they have magical powers that are increasingly hard to conceal and sometimes impossible to control, especially in a small town like modern-day Simsbury, Connecticut. This leads to trouble they could not have anticipated and challenges they could not have imagined. Multiple worlds, multiple motives-who is ally and who is enemy? Intrigue meets magic in a story both modern and timeless.