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Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood, Liska Radost knows that Magic is monstrous, and its practitioners, monsters. After Liska unleashes her own powers with devastating consequences, she is caught by the demon warden of the wood - the Leszy - who offers her a bargain: one year of servitude in exchange for a wish. Whisked away to his crumbling manor, Liska makes an unsettling discovery. She is not the first person to strike this bargain. And if she wants to survive the year and return home, she must unravel her host's spool of secrets and face the ghosts of his past.

Magic has long been outlawed in Réveillon. Odile has always known she’d be the one to restore it. Raised by a sorcerer, Odile has spent years preparing for the heist of a lifetime. It’s relatively simple. Impersonate a princess, infiltrate the palace, steal the great sceptre and restore magic to the kingdom. But when the King is unexpectedly murdered, she’s forced to recruit the help of Marie, the real princess, and the two begin to unravel a web of lies and deceit that leaves Odile uncertain of who to trust.

Um in ihrem von Aberglaube geprägten Heimatdorf ein ruhiges Leben führen zu können, möchte Liska ihre magischen Kräfte mithilfe der sagenumwobenen Farnblume für immer loswerden. Doch die wächst tief im Wald, wo nichts ist, wie es scheint … Nachdem Liska einen Handel mit dem dämonischen Wächter des Waldes, dem Leszy, eingeht, wird ihr schnell klar, dass er etwas vor ihr verbirgt. Gefahr droht, Liska findet ungewöhnliche Verbündete und muss sich schließlich fragen, ob ihre Magie sie tatsächlich zu einem Monster macht – und ob der Leszy ein solches Monster ist.