"This imaginative and exciting story feels like the start of something
big. The brilliant premise unfolds into a thrilling first book that has
me impatient for the next one." --Brandon Mull, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of Fablehaven and Dragonwatch
When long-dead magical creatures are discovered all around the world,
each buried with a book of magic, only children can unlock the
dangerous power of the books in this start to a thrilling new series
from the author of the New York Times bestselling Story Thieves!
Thirteen years ago, books of magic were discovered in various sites
around the world alongside the bones of dragons. Only those born after
"Discovery Day" have the power to use the magic.
Now, on a vacation to Washington, DC, Fort Fitzgerald's father is lost
when a giant creature bursts through the earth, attacking the city. Fort
is devastated, until an opportunity for justice arrives six months
later, when a man named Dr. Opps invites Fort to a government run
school, the Oppenheimer School, to learn magic from those same books.
But life's no easier at the school, where secrets abound. What does Jia,
Fort's tutor, know about the attacks? Why does Rachel, master of
destructive magic, think Fort is out to destroy the school? And why is
Fort seeing memories of an expelled girl every time he goes to sleep? If
Fort doesn't find out what's hiding within the Oppenheimer School, more
attacks will come, and this time, nothing will stop them!
