This book is about a young girl named Lexil, who suffers neglect and abuse at the hands of her father and step-mother. Then, one fateful day, a relative she does not know about comes and takes to a wonderous land, where Lexil's mother lived all her life. The problem is, an evil villain is rising in that land, and she is after Lexil. Will Lexil make it? Or will she face the same fate that the villain's other victims faced? Read more to find out!