During an eventful holiday in Kingsport, Arianwyn is recruited for an important mission: to retrieve the Book of Quiet Glyphs from its hiding place in the Great Wood. But as she returns home to Lull, feyling refugees gather outside the town walls and the hex plagues the forest. As tensions lead to fall-outs with her friends, town squabbles and magical mishaps, Arianwyn faces a sobering truth: she alone can find the book and wield its secrets ... her hardest decision yet is whether she is brave enough for it. In the second book in James Nicol's enchanting Apprentice Witch series, Arianwyn's challenges as a real witch are just beginning.