In a contemporary fantasy world full of practical magic, Addie Eastman is a shy, quiet alchemist residing in the tourist town of Harper’s Rest, situated just outside the capital city of Yhosa. She is content with a quiet life of potion selling and alchemy, but finds herself plagued by increasingly realistic and violent nightmares about the impending demise of her world. In a desperate bid for answers, she seeks out the fae creature Halydos that resides in the nearby forest. Addie asks to be shown the future, but words it badly in her haste. The fae takes advantage of this, hexing her into a magical slumber.
Addie finally awakens 30 years in the future, just as her world is on the brink of the disaster she had seen in her dreams. Soon after waking, she meets a strange, dog-like star creature in the woods, seemingly as lost and confused as her. Addie, along with “Nox”, as Addie decides to call them, journey to the now-partially ruined Yhosa, heading for the massive black void that looms over the citadel in the center of the city. Along the way they learn more about what has happened, and find that the situation is more dire than they ever could have imagined. Addie realizes she not only has to find a way back to her own time, but also has to prevent the collapse of the entire dimension at the hands of Lorelei, Lady of Sorrows; an all-powerful and supernatural woman come to rob this world of its celestial bodies.
