A young adult fantasy novel about hope, fear, magic, loyalty, and a young girl who wants to save her only friend, the Fell Beast. The Fell Beast, William, is kept under a spell by the masters of the Ludas Magnus, a place of learning where the ancient arts of alchemy are taught. Rowen wants to know why. Determined to find answers to this mystery, she questions everything she has ever known and struggles to find the truth. What she discovers is a secret so miraculous and deadly that if Rowen wants to survive, she must find a way to free the Fell Beast and unite the free peoples of the world before history repeats itself and the world is once again destroyed.