Will she be able to stop the nefarious plan? Will the old gods come back? Will she master her powers in time? Twenty years ago magic rushed back into the world and changed everything. Since then Eva Mandel has made the study of magic and psychology her life's purpose. Even when it was clear she would never be a practitioner. Now a mysterious private university calls her to fill in as lecturer on the psychology of magic after her predecessor suddenly dropped dead. In the aftermath of a magical explosion everything she knew about magic will turn out to be wrong. She'll have to learn fast...