After the prediction of Ryder's mother, once a great prophet and powerful witch, comes true and their village is destroyed by a deadly assassin, Ryder embarks on a quest that takes him into the mountains in search of the destroyer.
Sixteen-year-old Lexi, who lives on an enchanted moor at the edge of the village of Near, must solve the mystery when, the day after a mysterious boy appears in town, children start disappearing.
After a terrifying vision, Braden retreats to an old city divided by two feuding witch dynasties, where he learns that the head of one dynasty is his father and the guy for whom he is falling is the son of the head of the other dynasty.
Discusses what people have believed about witches in different time periods, witchcraft practices from different cultures around the world, and how societies have perceived those called witches.
Mirei is a witch with extraordinary magic that makes her the most powerful witch alive. When the different factions of witches go to war, Mirei fears that the magic she possesses may be harming her.
Mirage is a bounty hunger who always wins due to her superior fighting skills. Her new mission will take her into the witches area where her strength may be no match for their powers.
In alternating voices, sixteen-year-old Chicagoan Anne and handsome, magical Ethan tell of their fated quest to rescue Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia, who tells of her long captivity in the hut of legendary witch Baba Yaga.
A grotesque foundling turns against the witch who sacrificed almost everything to raise him when he becomes consumed by the desire for money and revenge against those who have hurt him, but he eventually finds his true heart's desire.
Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in his quest to triumph over the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
