Sixteen-year-old Rylan Matthews thinks his worst problems are that he is bullied and friendless.

 

To cope, he retreats into his family's rituals and totems –– rites and objects passed down from time before memory. When he accidentally opens a portal that allows a primal evil through to our world, he discovers his beliefs are true beyond his wildest imagining.

​

Naia, his sister, falls victim to the otherwordly force and embarks on a scorched-Earth path of terror and destruction. Aided by a mysterious warrior elf from the other realm, Rylan has mere days to learn the powerful magic he needs to save the world –– a success that may come only at the cost of  Naia’s life.