Just one step, and the world of sixteen-year-old Alexandra Jennings changes dramatically. Anticipating her first day at a new school, Alex is in shock. Walking through the door, she finds herself penniless in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossible things. Desperate to return home, she learns that only one person can help her - Professor Marcel... but he has disappeared. Waiting for him to appear, Alex enters the Arcana Academy, a closed educational institution in Medora for teenagers with supernatural abilities. She soon begins to enjoy the strange new world and friendships with those who accept her as their own. But strange things are happening in Arkanae, and Alex cannot shake off the terrible feeling that something unpredictable... something sinister is coming. Alex, an unwitting pawn in a deadly game, bears the heavy burden of saving the entire race. Only she can save Medora. But what if she does, will she never be able to return home? Will Alex risk her world—and possibly her life—to save Medora?