eleanora marinos didn't mean to become a national criminal. really. all she had been doing was illegally experimenting in her shed when she summoned an illegal creature from the rival nation of tanem. as eleanora gets taken into custody, she realizes that nothing is as it seems. soon eleanora has to break out of the kingdoms highest-security prison, to complete the biggest quest of her life. ida cirillo is the perfect crown princess of the kingdom of lorrainet. until she accidently murders her brother by a jet of her uncontrollable magic. now on the run, ida starts to understand just what type of world her subjects really live in, and vows to make it right. as she meets another criminal on the run, ida learns to live in the real world as she tries to make everything right again. but the clock is ticking, and time may just run out.