The Four Families have served OullGhugl for nearly a hundred years. Each generation, a new prophet is chosen from each family. Olivia Gregor's initiation is a year and a half away, but there is one She doesn't want to become a prophet. All she wants is to spend her life with Bianca, another initiate. Unfortunately, love between prophets is forbidden. After a trip to Germany that uncovers an ancient secret, Olivia embarks on a journey to stop her initiation and take down OullGhugl once and for all. It's a race against time as her thirtieth birthday approaches, but soon she realizes that there are secrets in the cult's--and her family's--past that are more than she bargained for.