Llyr Loegaire has recently finished his Initiate trials and been awarded the title of Hunter. His first assignment: Kill a novice magic user on Earth to prepare for his people's invasion. He feels confident that this will be a quick and easy mission but chance intervenes. How will he complete his mission when he is unable to kill his target? Rebecca Bray is a teenager with a goal: to become a doctor and to spend her life helping people. She has studied hard to get the best grades and spends her time volunteering. Her life is turned upside down when fate reveals she can use magic. She starts to see creatures that shouldn't exist and now a strange person, claiming not to be from Earth, says he's there to protect her from assassins. Her direction in the world has suddenly changed and she must decide who she wants to be.