"She had been wandering about the woods aimlessly it seemed, until the acrid smell of something burning and the sight of smoke on the horizon drew her in its direction. Her leisurely pace became a hurried trot, which then became a sprint as a panic she couldn't place settled itself in her heart. She ran through the fanciful forest until she reached the edge of a large field full of crimson clovers and lilies of the valley, with weeping willows evenly dispersed throughout it. It was here that she saw the source of the smoke, for on the other side of the field, a small town was in ruins." Ember Goldman has just turned nineteen and things just got weird. After partying the night away with friends she'll never see again, Ember returns home to her lonely life of running away from her past. But Fate has other plans for her. Strange packages begin arriving on her doorstep, unusual dreams bring her into a beautiful yet broken world, and her employer's grandson drags her into a war that her long lost mother has been fighting for over a century. Will she survive the war and save her homeland, or will she crack under the pressure of trying to live in two different worlds?