Nyala is 16 when she is sent to her father. The month she was born she and her mother thought her father died in the fire that killed her 7 year old brother. But her consience fails to see her through and she goes anyways. Although when she goes, the place that should be a huge house is a run down parking garage. When goes to the top, she doesn't find her dad but she finds a package. When she opens it, it is a book. This book  is mysterious and intriguing but is filled with recipes for the worlds most dangerous potions and spells in dark magic.