Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter. Others say the gateway is only the stuff of dreams. They are all wrong. In the small town of Eden, Utah, Rachelle Matthews dreamed and awoke in another world. She was the 49th Mystic, tasked with finding five ancient seals before powerful enemies destroy her. She found the first three, but two seals remain hidden, and now Rachelle is in a dungeon.

Larkspur Nielsen is ready for a change. Her parents have passed on, and her older brother is successfully running the family business. She bristles at the small-mindedness that permeates life in her small Ohio community, and she sees little chance of a satisfying future there. She has a little money saved, and after turning the tables on a crooked gambler who had fleeced several locals, including her younger brother, she can stake a new start for...