Witch apprentice Verity Vox has never encountered a problem magic canΓÇÖt solve. So when a cryptic note invites her to Foxfire,she goes. With her apprenticeship limiting her services to a yearFoxfire will be her biggest challenge yet. The town has already lost its only bridgeand many loved ones have disappeared in dealings with a shady magic peddler named EarlΓÇöleaving the whole town wary of magic. Even as Verity wins the townsfolk overshe realizes she may not be able to save them. Going after Earl only returns Tacitathe missing girl who summoned Veritybut no one else. And the fight costs Verity the ability to fly and draws her to the old dark magic beneath the mountain. As Verity hones her powers and grows to care for Tacitashe must learn that not everything can be solved with strength alone.