AlexClarketrainsforonething-findingthebrokenbitsofGrandmother'sCarnelianTablet.Therelic,ifmended,couldrevealthelocationofThePrimalKey-thekeytounlockingparalleldimensions.Hisfamilydutyandhispatharepreordained,foretoldcenturiesagountil...AnneClarke'scuriositygetsthebestofher.Sheopensastoragebox,theonethingMominsistssheleavealone,andprematurelyunleashessuppressedtalents-dangerousskillsthatcan'tbecurbedoncereleased.Worse,sheaccidentallyleadsSethBarthony,Grandmother'smurderousadversary,tothefamily'ssafehouse.Seth'sagentsdestroytheirhomeandabductMom.Asransom,SethinsistsGrandmotherhandoverthePrimalKey.AsAlexscramblestouncovercluestotheKey'slastrestingplace,AnnelearnshernewtalentscouldhelprescueMom.ButAnne'sshakyanduntestedskillscould,ifforced,killherandthosesheloves.