Kiera is bullied at home and at school. Her best friend, Jamie, is her only protector. Until she meets a strange old man, who tells her of a prophecy which will change her life forever. The evil she faces in the fairy tale land she travels to will test her courage and wit. If she survives, she will not only save a world from the darkness that threatens it, but she will save herself from the miserable life she has always known.