For as long as she can remember, Eliyana Ember has lived a sheltered life in Manhattan, until one day her mother unexpectedly passes away. Numb with sorrow, she follows a friend to a party and gets kidnapped by a mysterious boy named Ky. She is brought to a parallel dimension called the Second Reflection, where good is battling evil. The Void threatens to wipe out the Verity, and a servant of the Void has usurped the throne. The locals believe that Eliyana’s grotesque birthmark indicates that she is the “Verity’s vessel,” with a special link to the good forces of the realm. If she has this power, it will manifest before her eighteenth birthday, which is just a few weeks away. Romance also abounds as El must battle her feelings for her old friend Joshua and new friend, Ky. She discovers that her mother is still alive, but being held as a prisoner of the crown. As El works to free her mother, she learns more about this strange new world and her place in it. Will El find a way to put aside her doubt and confront the darkness that looms over everything she holds dear? Read this book to find out!
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