All's not well at the Wimbly School of Arts Arcana. Rumors swirl of enemies gathering beyond school grounds. Whispers spread that the newest student at Wimbly's may be none other than the Misfit King, a powerful enemy prophesied to destroy the magicians and the world they've built. If only they knew the truth. If only they knew Quinn couldn't cast a spell to save his life. If only they knew he cheated his way into Wimbly's to escape his horrible foster home. If only the talented magicians knew a darker, more sinister evil plotted their demise... Hiding in a world not his own, Quinn must fool...

No moon maiden should bear a child aboard the House of Sin and Silk, yet a babe who shouldn't be grows in Mara's belly. She worries for her child even as she dreams of a future beyond the pleasure barge. Despite the flowing dresses and soft curves, there's no room for an infant who brings no profit aboard a ship solely built to turn one. On the eve of Harvest Festival, fate pushes Mara on a course that will test her strength, her courage, and her love. A woman who knows nothing but her gilded, floating cage will journey through a city where an ancient darkness rises against the dying light....

Thanks to the Horologist's Pocket Watch, Quinn still has a life to live, but for how long, he can't say. The magical artifact tossed them into the past. To what year it would take him, Quinn would never expect. He's stuck in 1750, smack in the middle of a conflict surrounding Wimbly's founding. Another people claim the island as their home. They call themselves the Abenaki, and they guard an ancient force that promises the one who takes it power over the living and the dead. Dark things lurk in Wimbly's past. The magicians might not be who Quinn thought they were. Some of their faces he...