Elaine Garlow has become the new prime minister, and she is using her mind-control abilities to force the Bureau to implement a policy of brutal hatred toward magic. Meanwhile, Dylan van Helsing, the new leader of the League of Mages and Amaris former partner, seeks to obtain a new, destructive power that will not only ensure the mages victory but also make him invulnerable. Neither the Bureau nor the League is safe for Amari and her brother Quinton, who is determined to keep his sister out of the war. But she decides to find a way to end the war on her own. And the only way to stop Dylan is to find powerful magical artifacts known as the Wonders. However, possessing these artifacts comes at a terrible price, and Amari will have to decide how much she is willing to sacrifice because the Vile Wonders will demand everything.