Stranger Things meets Earthsea in this portal fantasy where only those who awaken magic can survive and retain their memories.
A pioneering time-travel experiment spirals into a nightmare for sixteen-year-old Abir and four other teenagers when they are pulled into an unforgiving world where no one is safe from the dark forces that lurk in the shadows and corrupted magic turns even water bodies toxic at night.
They are guided to a veiled village where only those who wield magic before a deadline may stay. The powerless are banished into the wilderness, their memories wiped. Abir struggles with self-doubt as his friends unlock elemental powers.
With time running out, his only hope lies in finding the imprisoned Whisperer, a cryptic mage who helped his companions and saved his life. But the prison is guarded by a legendary monster, its location a mystery. Can Abir reach the imprisoned Whisperer in time, or will his past and future be erased forever?