Thirty-one years have passed. Leira and Correk have made a sudden return to Austin at the behest of Estelle. No one turns down a request from Estelle. Magicals have been found unconscious all over town. Their souls ripped from their bodies. Is it a virus? Or is it a new foe with a gruesome scheme? Leira Berens is left with no magical trails to follow and the bodies keep piling up. Felix Hagan has come back to help solve this case before it's too late. Can Izzie be far behind? An old menace has reappeared. This time with a few new tricks. Will Leira be able to put the pieces of this puzzle together in time? Will the cure turn out to be worse than the problem? Find out in the start of the next adventure in Return of Magic, Book 13 in The Leira Chronicles. Magic is real.