a new black witch will riseher powers vast beyond imaginingelloren gardner is the granddaughter of the last prophesied black witch carnissa gardner who drove back the enemy forces and saved the gardnerian people during the realm war but while she is the absolute spitting image of her famous grandmother elloren is utterly devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above all elsewhen she is granted the opportunity to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an apothecary elloren joins her brothers at the prestigious verpax university to embrace a destiny of her own free from the shadow of her grandmothers legacy but she soon realizes that the university which admits all manner of peopleincluding the firewielding winged icarals the sworn enemies of all gardneriansis a treacherous place for the granddaughter of the black witchas evil looms on the horizon and the pressure to live up to her heritage builds everything elloren thought she knew will be challenged and torn away her best hope of survival may be among the most unlikely band of rebelsif only she can find the courage to trust those shes been taught to fear