In a secluded, small town, cut off from the outside world by impenetrable stone walls, 15-year-old Lilah Keeper struggles to master her strange and secret Gift- the ability to make the events of her dreams become reality. Lilah must learn to control this unwieldy power, with equal, unpredictable chance for wonderful or disastrous dream creations. While under the searching eye of the town's ruler, Casimir, and his mysterious son Revelin, Lilah must always be vigilant. Years earlier, Casimir, who leads an order known as the Deceivers, walled-in the town when he learned that someone with the Gift lived there. He wants to find the Gift and use it to fulfill his own dark purposes. Lilah's impulsive moves and quick mind already has exposed her family to punishments from the Deceivers, but the authorities have never connected her to the Gift-at least not yet. Her father, the previous bearer of this dream power, has kept his daughter's secret well hidden. But when a surprising, new player arrives on the scene, and begins piecing the clues together, Lilah must act quickly to save herself, her loved ones and her closest friends.