Eighteen-year-old Ceph has been bound to serve the Crown since birth. Trained in elemental magic, all he wants is to survive unnoticed. But when a new, rare elemental power manifests, drawing the attention of a ruthless king, Ceph’s plan to remain in the shadows is shattered. Across a rift in time and space, seventeen-year-old Nix feels more alive while dreaming than she does when she’s awake. When her dreams begin to bleed into reality, Nix is taken captive by a shadowy research institute determined to unravel the mystery of her rare abilities. As the lines between dreams and reality blur, Nix and Ceph’s worlds collide. Secrets buried across timelines come to light, leaving the fate of two realities hanging in the balance.