A down on her luck college student. A twist of fate that brings her to a new world. An ancient evil waiting for her in the shadows. All her life, Rey has had no one to depend on but herself. After a day full of unfortunate events, she finds herself at a crossroads, not knowing what to do. That very night she’s drawn to a strange crystal, and when she picks it up, everything around her changes. She wakes in a land called Laconia, with a living tattoo on her hand that glows when its snarky voice speaks to her. He doesn’t remember his name, but he tells her they are now bonded, and to get back to her world—to fix her life—they’ll need to work together. But Laconia is full of vast emptiness and death, with dangerous plagues upon the land. Twenty years ago these woes began, souring crops and turning animals into vicious beasts. With Rune’s magic and her quick thinking, Rey makes it to Laconia’s last living city. Some look to her with hope, while others call for her imprisonment. There she learns Laconia was ruled by three empresses. Worshipped as gods, the empresses that should have been Laconia’s defense against the woes have not been seen in years. As truths are revealed and Rey is forced to take a stand, an evil force watches her from the shadows, biding its time, an evil that will stop at nothing from destroying what’s left of Laconia. Little does she know she’s the key to its release—and by the time she realizes it, it’ll be too late.