Alone among her magically-gifted family, Tamsin Greene has failed to develop a Talent, causing her to pull away from them in hopes of creating a normal life. However, while working in the family bookstore, she takes advantage of mistaken identity to accept a job retrieving a mysterious item, promptly plunging her into a centuries-old saga involving magic, time travel, deceit, prophecy and destiny. What has her family kept hidden from her all these years, and what will be the cost of learning the truth? With plenty of twists to an engaging plot, it’s never quite obvious where the story is going until it gets there. Toss in some fun character interaction, and you have something reminiscent of early Nina Kiriki Hoffman.