They say you have to dream before your dreams can come true. And that was exactly the case with Riley. Riley Sinclair is an 18 year old girl who enjoys day dreaming and making up scenarios to compensate the fact that she doesn't have a social life. So she came up with a new version of herself, one that checked all the boxes of perfection, and she was now starring in her dreams, and the little novel she wrote when she was fourteen. But what happens when on the first day back to school, the new student that walks into Riley's class is none other than herself?

The world of humans and daegons are intertwined with each other. Our winter is the daegons' summer. Our night is the daegons' day. One land cannot prosper without the other suffering. Once there had been balance until the daegons cheated fate. Now they experience eternal prosperity, while humans struggle to survive. Every year, a human challenger steps forward to save the country, only to meet their demise. No one expects the newest challenger, 17 year old Heather, to survive. However, Heather has more at stake than just her life, but her sister's too. With help from a mysterious boy in the woods, Heather will navigate treacherous obstacles and unravel secrets that will change everything she thought she knew. Will she be able to break the curse and save her loved ones, or will she fall victim to the same fate as those before her?