"My name is Kate Muir, and this is the story of how I die... " With these words, our hero begins the telling of her story. After her mother's death, she is sent to live with grandparents she hardly knows. But soon, Kate will discover a world of werewolves and witches and the age-old war that stirs between them. What does the war have to do with Kate? And what does she have to do with an ancient prophecy, long hidden within a child's tale? Will love be enough to save her life, or she is already doomed?