A mechanical engineering degree, a steady job, and a stable relationship with her parents. That was supposed to be Ali's future, not giving up everything she's ever worked for to find freedom for her seven alluring genie roommates. Yet, here she is. And now they don't even know what their next steps are because, turns out, finding remnants of lost libraries is a lot harder than they expected, even with magic involved.

Having no direction after—temporarily—giving up her dreams leaves Ali feeling lost. Fed up with having no plan of action, she goes out on her own, only to wind up in an endurance competition, courtesy of Tavor. What's the scheming universal planning for his favorite genie whisperer now?

Following the competition, Tavor decrees it's time to get serious with testing Ali's genie whisperer abilities. They may not know where they're headed next, but they know they need to learn the extent of her powers. Except . . . where are her powers? The more they test, the less anything seems to happen. Could something be wrong with her abilities already? Or is Ali herself the problem?

After discovering more about her whisperer powers, they finally gain a lead on where to go next. The problem? It will lead them right into a den of Society members illegally trading on the black market. Can Ali and the genies learn what they need without being discovered? Or will all their efforts to evade The Society's attention finally end in failure?