For the folk of Milburn, the threat of the Otherworld isn’t a distant one—it perpetually encroaches on the borders of their town. And now it’s found a way inside.

Would-be loremaster Leofric Heard knows the truth: some Otherworldly element has tainted the river supplying his town—and it could well kill them all. Yet no one will listen to the son of the village drunkard. They’ve branded him a shatterwit like his father before him. If he’s to vindicate his beliefs and protect those he loves, he must risk the journey to the nearby Crossing to confront whatever fae threat lurks.

But everyone knows—journey too close to a Crossing, and you won’t come back the same. You might not come back at all.