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An ill-fated time-travel experiment. Five teens. A portal to a world where magic means more than survival—and Abir's remains unawakened.

Sixteen-year-old Abir is thrilled to join a pioneering time-travel experiment. But when he and four others sit in the spinning machine, a portal tears open—pulling them not through time, but into a world where mages are hunted like prey and corrupted magic poisons the land.

Guided by Ilona, a local mage, to a village protected by ancient spells, they uncover its brutal rule: only those who awaken magic may stay. The rest are exiled, their memories wiped, left to fend for themselves in the wild. As his friends unlock elemental powers one by one, Abir remains powerless, self-doubt overwhelming him.

His only hope is the Whisperer, a cryptic mage whose whispers have stirred his companions' gifts and warned of dangers ahead. But the Whisperer is imprisoned, guarded by a legendary monster, his whereabouts a mystery. As time runs out, Abir must decide who to trust, and how far he's willing to go to find the power within before he loses his new family and himself.