There are three absolutes in Mairi Wallace's world:



1. The Mages rule every city in Scotland with terrible, violent authority.



2. It is not physically possible for any woman to wield magic.



3. Mairi does not have a voice.



She is about to learn that none of these things have to be true.



From twisted wynds and tartan shops to a dangerous daemon and malevolent ravens, the future of a tattered nation might lie with one solitary woman.