The Ambience is her strength, and her curse. ¿¿The nation of Trylia believes that the gift, a force that can alter the world through the intent of the person who wields it, is a myth. The stuff of children's tales, brought to life only in the imagination. For Lila, separated from a life she was too young to remember, it's a confusing power that has set her apart from the family she found. And she is only just beginning to understand it when her home and family are destroyed, and she is captured. To escape, she unleashes the gift in a destructive wave that also forces a man she doesn't trust to keep them alive. Bryn won't survive unless Lila does, and they must flee the wrath of the captors still pursuing her. If they can't find a way to work together, Lila won't live long enough to learn more about the gift. As Lila finds her strength, the gift inside her grows. Unless she can control it, she may be a greater danger than the one at her heels.