Ashbourne Academy is the top Academy in all of Arcadia for Guardian training. Becoming a Guardian is a gruelling journey for a dangerous job so the Academy is ruthless school to attend. Pandora Read is beginning her first year hopelessly unprepared for what awaits her when she finds herself in a squad with some of Ashbourne’s best students. Raven Elex is entering her third year, albeit unwillingly. An old evil found her in the wake of her grand second year victory and is plaguing her still. Gabriella Jaro is in her fifth year now, happy to be away from home and her difficult family. But she is no longer as excited and passionate about her training as she was. This year will change everything. Secrets will come to light that will devastate the squad, the school, maybe even the kingdom of Arcadia itself.

Almost 17 years after the mysterious deaths of their parents Juno Holland and Malia Sage meet. With one desperate to unravel the story and the other just hoping to find herself, these two young girls will reignite an ancient war. Willow Crace has spent years simply surviving and now it’s time she learned to fight. Olive March is just trying to protect her family but that is becoming more complicated by the day. The arrival of one new girl has set dominoes of disasters crashing down upon Paloma Valley. Underneath it all is a story and a secret that will either save them or damn them.