Something unnatural has awakened within Carmodie Banger.
Deep in the restricted stacks of the university library, she uncovers forbidden grimoires—books never meant to be opened, spells never meant to be spoken aloud. Curiosity turns to obsession. Power answers.
But when Carmodie dares to practice the magic hidden in those pages, she ignites something ancient… and volatile. A force that does not care whether she—or her friends—is ready to contain it.
Prologue — Part III plunges into the candlelit silence of the library, where whispered incantations crackle through the air and the first threads of forbidden magic take hold.