A brave girl is on a mission to save Enchantment in this children's fantasy by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series. Alex has a set of Enchanted cards. When she flutters her fingers above them, they come alive with moving pictures of what is now and what is yet to come. But Enchantment is illegal in the city of Luma, and those who practice it are imprisoned forever in dark dungeons below the city. When Alex is betrayed by her foster sister, she makes a daring escape with the help of her little foster brother. But Alex is not safe outside Luma either. Here lurk deadly Hauntings that take many forms and haunt Enchanters and their children. Alex has no idea who her birth parents are. Her precious Enchanted cards are her only clue to her true identity, and she becomes determined to find out who she is. And, while she is at it, to get rid of the deadly Twilight Hauntings forever.