When destiny calls, will she rise-or lose everything she loves?
Fifteen-year-old Vanessa Cross has big summer plans: sun-drenched beach days, shopping sprees, and anything to escape her judgmental stepmother and emotionally absent father.
But when her dad vanishes without a trace-and whispers of betrayal swirl-Van's world flips upside down. Chosen for a dangerous mission to the mysterious Living World, she must retrieve a legendary relic, the Coin of Creation, before it falls into the wrong hands and ignites a catastrophic war.
Van, though, has her own plan: find her father and clear his name. As she braves a realm of strange magic, deadly enemies, and buried secrets, she uncovers a legacy of courage far greater than she ever imagined.
To save her family-and her world-Van must embrace a destiny she never asked for. Because if she fails, the cost won't just be heartbreak.
It will be everything.