Magiya ne vsegda zaschischaet ee obladatelya. I mir, gde zhivet Marit, tomu podtverzhdenie. Vladet volshebnoy siloy v Danii v 1866 godu - ne privilegiya, a proklyatie. Kazhdoe novoe zaklinanie ostavlyaet opasnoe veschestvo Firn v venah magov, priblizhaya ih k smerti. Firn ubil sestru Marit, posle chego ta poklyalas nikogda ne ispolzovat svoyu magiyu nitey. No kogda ee blizkuyu podrugu udocheryaet vliyatelnaya semya Vestergard, devushka gotova na vse, chtoby ostatsya ryadom. Ona reshaet risknut i primenyaet magiyu, chtoby poluchit rabotu shvei v ih dome. No Marit s semey Vestergard svyazyvaet esche koe-chto. Eyo otets pogib, rabotaya v ih shahtah po dobyche dragotsennyh kamney. I vse ukazyvaet na to, chto eto ne byl neschastnyy sluchay. Chem blizhe devushka stanovitsya k razgadke tayn etoy vliyatelnoy semi, tem bolshe ee blizkim ugrozhaet opasnost. Marit okazyvaetsya v tsentre predatelskogo obmana, dohodyaschego do korolya Danii. I teper magiya - edinstvennoe, chto mozhet spasti ee. Esli ne ubet ranshe.