Computers were impervious to magic—that was the rule. Right until all the rules stopped applying, and dangerous spam emails carrying real spells with real consequences began to fly.

It is up to Thea Winthrop and her friends to find out what is happening... and it is Thea, alone, who will face some of the most difficult choices of her young life as she faces down her old nemesis, the grasping Alphiri who have always wanted a piece of her, and a new adversary... who is disturbingly like herself...