Three years after Adam Wolfe's dramatic senior year at St. Bosco's School for Magicians, he hasn't cast a single unintentional spell in over two years. Yet still feeling lost-at-sea when it comes to both his past and his future, Adam decides to try to discover the identity of his mother, and what led to the unusual circumstances of his life.
Things take a turn for the worse, however, when Samuel Cartwright, the powerful MRF member that was sent to kidnap Adam years before, escapes from prison.
With tensions rising as the Magician's Independence Movement, a radical offshoot of the MRF, grow more bold in their attacks on the Council and Council supporters, Samuel's escape could have drastic consequences for Adam and Felix.