In the kingdom of Highfire, you can pack an entire house into one suitcase, grow a vegetable in a second, and have an intriguing conversation with a tree that is four times your size. If you are Aurelie Dranoir, the chosen heir to the Highfire throne, you might not find all these things as appealing as they sound.

Ah yes, winter break. A time when students can finally unwind and relax, free from the stressful hell known as school. Finnian has been looking forward to it for a while, and now it's finally here. But when he and his family move into an old manor, Finnian has to get used to his new "safe haven," also known as the attic. (His last one was so much better.) Little does he know, this old manor could hold an ancient secret with a dark past that might just involve more than one world. (Also on Quotev, I'm @.quartizine !)