Genre: Fantasy
# of Pages: 314
RAC Book: Yes
Whit and Wisty are brother and sister and believed they lived normal teenage lives. That is until one day when they are arrested and charged with witchcraft. There is a new government in their world called the New Order and this government is gathering up anyone it feels to be a threat. Whit’s girlfriend had disappeared shortly before his own arrest. They are taken to a terrible prison where they have to fight angry dogs for food and get whipped on a regular basis. Whit and Wisty do not know anything about witchcraft, but when they get upset they do seem to be able to do impossible things such as stop objects in midair and burst into flames. As they start to come to terms with the fact that they may in fact be a witch and a wizard, they are faced with the sobering fact that they are to be executed for their crimes.
For fantasy lovers this story is a lot of fun. Whit and Wisty are interesting and well-developed characters who are dealing with a difficult situation that is similar to the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust all at the same time. They are also concerned with finding their parents who managed to escape getting arrested in the first place. The beginning of the story definitely grabs the reader’s interest and the crazy events that follow manage to keep it all the way until the ending of this first book in the series, which unfortunately comes too soon.
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