Magic exists in the land of Espia, but only a select few can use it. Good and evil alike harness its power based on the ancient God of the Darkness and the Goddess of the Light. The Light grants those who are deemed worthy, while the Darkness grants those who pledge their lives forever. Elia has been told her whole life that she was gifted. She was born into the Emberon House, the only bloodline that has ever been able to tame the wild dragons that roam the mountains outside of her town, Vulaira. Goddess Iena herself had blessed Elia with magic when she was born: but not just any magic, the kind that would save her world from the evil darkness that wishes to consume it. Despite all the legends, her magic has never shown itself. No matter how hard she prays or how hard she tries, it's as if she has no gift at all. When the Dark Ones make their way into the one place she calls home, she must find a way to survive and fight back. If she dies, the gift of the dragon rider dies with her.

[PREVIEW ONLY] No one knows the real identity of the hospital's Plague Saint is sixteen-year-old Winter Pierce. No one knows she's a fraud. And no one knows she's a killer. While floods and heat waves devastate the southern lands, the northern cities face blizzards and plagues. Up until two weeks ago, the Plague Saint of Devil's Pass was a real doctor. But when Winter learned he was only saving the rich and planned to let her mother die, she confronted him. And killed him. The death was an accident, but taking his place to save lives was a choice. Then, Winter's forced to kill again to save her brother. Her double life, already doomed to fail, is complicated further when her assistant insists on tracking down the murderer. Attempting to cover her tracks leaves Winter tangled in a political web. All the while, people are getting sicker, and trying to find the cure leads her to an enemy far smarter and more dangerous than she is. Powerful people want to see Winter fail. There's more to the plagues than meets the eye. Winter is rapidly running out of time, but she's determined to save her brother from death and her city from corruption. And she'll kill anyone who gets in her way.