Life on her family farm is all Scarlet Lawson knows. That is, until she accidentally conjures fire that burns her sister’s face.

Word of the incident reaches the king, who recruits Scarlet and other teenagers capable of elemental magic to deal with a cult that terrorises the kingdom. But while the other elementals learn to use their magic, whenever Scarlet tries to conjure fire, she thinks about her sister and freezes up. Not even fellow pyro elemental, Zane Marangoz, can coax her magic out. Nevertheless, the two bond, and Scarlet finds Zane’s mischievous nature growing less annoying each day. In fact, they make her smile for the first time in ages.

After an assassination attempt on Zane by the cult, the amount of time Scarlet has to master her powers shrinks rapidly. She must confront the blockage in her magic to help protect not only the kingdom, but those she has grown close to. But even with her magic, she might not be ready, especially if the rumours brewing that the cult’s leader is secretly alive have any truth to them...