Fifteen-year-old Anika had no idea she's descended from royalty and comes from an enchanted land in another realm. The only magic in her life is her grand magician father, William, whose clever performances always draw admiring crowds. Anika starts practicing a few tricks of her own-but disappearing was never on her list. When she's confronted by two strange men searching for a pocket watch connected to Cora, her deceased mother, Anika is stuffed into a wooden magician's box and transported to the land of Valgard. There, she meets Eris, one of the kingdom's four sibling rulers-who also happens to be Anika's aunt. Eris needs help reuniting the kingdom, requiring the stones of the Gods, given to each sibling after the king's death, to do so. One of the stones belongs to Eris's illusionist brother, Merrick. Anika is shocked to discover that Merrick is the reason her father fled Valgard years before-and that he's holding her mother captive. Eager to help, Anika agrees to steal his stone to free her mother. But something about Eris's elaborate tale doesn't add up, causing Anika to question who the real threat is-and if perhaps she is aiding the wrong side.
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