Karissa Day had her future planned when her family moved to Shawon, Colorado, right before her junior year in high school. A freak car accident shattered her dreams. Now confined to a wheelchair, Karissa returns to school lonely, bitter, and afraid. Then, unexpectedly, she is assigned to do a research paper with a mysterious boy named Neeve. Although he is also physically and emotionally damaged, he introduces her to a world of magic, which could mean salvation for them both.