More than ten years have passed since the last War of Wizards ended. Warlocks have long been under the Service of Magic Control, children are required to undergo a test of their magical abilities, and Sluhachy-Inquisitors strip wizards who have broken the law of their magical gift…
That was the way it is. But will it remain so? Because in a provincial town lives the young Agatha Mortimer—the daughter of legendary wizard-criminals whose daring experiments on matter sparked the beginning of the War. And now, within the girl, her inherited Power begins to awaken—a Power that even the most experienced Inquisitors seem unable to control. The Power is unusual at least because it grows every time Agatha is— or thinks she is— in danger…