When a group of outsiders are brought to the institution, Ebony Hunter learns that everything her father has told her about the world is a lie. To find the truth, she must learn to let go of her fear and embrace her magical powers. Through her journey of self-discovery, she fights to break free from the institution and end her father’s experimentation on her. Her freedom is threatened by her father and Vivian Way, a political reformist. She must learn to trust people she hardly knows as she fights to control her powerful magic and her life. Everyone around her is taking sides in the struggle for power, and she doesn’t know who to believe as the tension rises in this urban fantasy.