Every young woman in the village cherishes the dream of being crowned Daughter of the Silver Moon and receive the magic that keeps the village safe. For Mara, that dream is so unattainable that she doesn't even think about it. Everything that goes wrong in the village is blamed on her, starting with her mother's death, her father's disappearance and accidents involving fire. Accused of having wild magic and bullied for being different, Mara doesn't even consider becoming a Daughter, not even when she finds out that her mother was one of the best Daughters in history. All she wants is to be ordinary. The only one who cares about Mara is Aza, the Sage of the village. She tells Mara stories about her parents, but anxiously keeps her own secrets to herself. As the bullying intensifies, Mara unravels more and more shreds of the truth. Is she really the dangerous witch everyone takes her for? Did she have something to do with her mother's murder? Who is the silver phantom who seems to be on her side? And what does Aza have to do with all this?
