From the Sydney, Australia, home of a grandmother she believes is a witch, fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino is magically transported to New York City, where she discovers that friends and foes can be hard to distinguish.

Fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino, whose life drastically changed when her mother went insane and she learned about her family's relationship with magic, must decide which path to take between magic and madness--use too much and die, use too little and go insane.