A spell gone wrong. A teenage girl fighting for survival. The fate of a world hangs in the balance. A splintered portal spell strands sixteen-year-old Mira in a magical realm where she is befriended by a sprite assassin and attacked by goblins. Mira must learn how to survive a world callously ruled by the Sidhe and with a revolution of the downtrodden races of the land looming over her head. Mira gets entangled in a fight that will eventually decide the fate of the realm. Along the way, she discovers that she can make a difference. Eventually, Mira must decide whether the plight of this world she finds herself in is as important as getting home.

Disguised as a man to throw assassins off her trail, Mira's story continues as she works undercover as a merchant against the slavers of Pokorah-Vo. To travel north to Shifara and present her case to the Rider Council, she must turn this task over to Rispan. The problem is, her case will likely be contested, and she will have to defend it in trial by combat... including magic. At only seventeen years of age and a year of training under her belt, is she truly prepared for a duel of swords and sorcery?

Separated from her companions and enslaved, Mira must come to grips with her new reality. Reeling from the loss of those closest to her and blocked from using magic, she must fight in the ring every day just to survive, magically healed from her wounds only to be forced to fight soon again. Meanwhile, the time spell is spinning out of control, threatening to destroy all of Daoine. Some believe Mira is the only one who can do anything about it. But has she become too broken to care?