Emily and her friends think they will find the help they need in Cielis, but something is not right. Streets that were once busy are deserted, and the townspeople who are left live in crippling fear. Emily is escorted to the Academy, where she is expected to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, among the most powerful Stonekeepers. But as the number of competitors gets smaller and smaller, a terrible secret is slowly uncovered a secret that, if left buried, means the certain destruction of everything Emily fights for...