Born as the runt into a family of powerful wizard politicians, thirteen-year-old Oliver MacQuoid's biggest problems were his inaccessible powers and living in his older brother's shadow. But after witnessing something he shouldn't have while on a petty runaway attempt, the lives of Ollie and his newfound friends are thrown into jeopardy. The only place capable of keeping them safe from the hands of Ollie's father, who will stop at nothing to keep his perverse secrets hidden, is an elusive town hidden inside a polar mountain, so cut off from the modern world that they'd never be found. But the journey there is treacherous, with monsters around every corner - and some of them are closer to Ollie than he thinks.'