Quell Marionne has lived her entire life on the run in order to hide the deadly magic that flows through her veins. Until someone discovers her dark secret and wants her dead. Quell enrols into a society called the Order and sets to pass their three rites of membership. If she is successful she will be able to bury her forbidden magic forever. However things start to get more complicated when she meets her brooding mentor, Jordan. Nothing is quite as it seems in the Order and it isn't long until Quell realises her enemies may be closer than she thinks . . .