Publisher's Synopsis
A missing boy, A lost memory, And a case that can't be solved... Things change forever when Marcus Lyle, fifteen year old orphan, goes missing... everyone knows who took him, but nobody knows why, where or how. After the school takeover and broadcast, all culminating in Mark's capture, the police are baffled. Kevin Worthy and Nara Mavore, along with Officer Carlos Steffen are determined to find the truth, and hopefully a boy, as they scour every possible source for a clue... Meanwhile, in a country called Ashenfire, whose residents have mysterious powers, Kadar Langskey awakes with injuries from a battle that he doesn't remember.