When Amanda Garrett stumbles across a strange artifact in the woods, she has no idea of the dangerous secret it holds. The teen soon discovers that she has unwittingly released Erol, an imprisoned jinn, and whether she likes it or not, they are bound together until death. Amanda's life soon begins to spiral out of control, and she finds herself orphaned, kidnapped and thrust into a terrifying reality. Her captor is convinced that Erol knows the whereabouts of a powerful relic which has been hidden from him, and wants the pair to retrieve it. Still reeling from her loss, and hoping to be spared further pain, Amanda agrees... "Rise" is a fast-paced introductory novel to an alternate world where mundane humans are oblivious to the existence of the realms that separate them from other magical races. When she feels the darkness closing in around her, Amanda is not sure if she can hold onto a single speck of light, and soon she comes to understand that some secrets are better left buried.