Book one in the Phoenix Trilogy: In a time when everyone has elemental powers, things aren't always the way they seem. Even yourself. Athen's world has just turned upside down. She just discovered something about herself that could change the world. Now it's up to her and some friends she meets on the way to stop a great evil in the world. But is it all as it seems, or could someone, or something, not be the way they seem?