When Anabeth Caerhart is thrust suddenly into the middle of the magical Underworld, she must struggle to learn her new magic powers before she loses them forever to the Director and her Consort.
A young woman, joined by an assortment of odd characters, beset by bad luck and betrayal, must go on a quest across her homeland to overthrow a corrupt Church and restore the land after over a hundred years of tyranny and control.
The modern day witch is sophisticated, successful, fashionable, and knows how to get what she wants. Whereas Rick Basket, newly minted witch hunter, is unprepared even for the news that witches do, in fact, exist. Things do not go well for Rick.
In the palaces of Brilliance, the fear of death is a distant memory. When a young heir discovers the rotten truths behind her ideal nation, she must choose between justice and order.