Book I: Crystal Heart Helena Kohl is a Master Summoner, working as an earthmover in her private construction practice. After years of study and practice, Helena is settled and successful. Her husband is supportive and good with the kids, with Clio doing well in becoming a worthy heir for her practice and spirits. Her daughter is almost through her apprenticeship, already nineteen. She's grown so well.  Trair worries her, her son still fully dedicated to the pursuit of music. A field where getting paid is notoriously difficult, but so long as Helena keeps bringing in the crowns, everything is fine.  Then she wakes up in a strange place, lost in the dark, with nothing but her mantras and her emergency response skills to aid her. No tools, no bound spirits, no family. Just her.  Helena wants to go home. She's going home. Help her or get out of her way.  For it wasn't long since the last Great War and the tools and skills Helena has mastered to build with are just as capable of destruction.