Tessa Summers swears she did not do the things she is being accused of, but her Principal sends her to a juvenile Judge to decide what is to be done with her, because he can't deal with her anymore. Tessa is thrust into a Magickal World that turns her life upside down. Her new-found mind power does nothing to save her from her greatest fear ... and her mind and heart are at war. In this Magick World, she finds a friend in Cora, who becomes like a sister to her, not replacing the sister she lost, but is definitely influencing her life. Tessa is uncontrollably attracted to Emory, but he belongs to Cordelia, who becomes a thorn in her side. Is Cordelia another Sally Anne? Most everything that went wrong in her previous life stemmed from Sally Anne ... will this Magickal World be no different? What will happen to her if she can't control her anger? Will they send her to another prison that will be worse than anything she has already gone through? It's bad enough that at a young age she had to endure her father's death, and then only two years later, she suffered the loss of her sister. Martha, was her world; especially since her mother was in a deep state of depression and couldn't function as a parent. Having no friends, Martha was not only a mom to her, she was her best friend, her confidant, her everything. Losing her was worse than losing her father. So, Tessa discovers that having friends in this upside down world, is a new experience that is both exhilarating and frightening. Can she keep from loving them? Love is her greatest fear. And this evil Ebony Matrix ... what they stand for and are planning to do puts these wonderful people in grave danger. She is just a teenager, what can she do to stop them? Besides ... she's a prisoner ... she's not in a position to do anything. Tessa is thrust into a series of events that are completely out of her control. Will she ever have a normal life again? Just when she thinks her life is settling into some kind of normalcy, it gets turned on its head again. How can she go on when it seems she has no control over anything?