Seventeen-year-old Arden always believed that stories were sacred—especially the ones written by her missing grandmother. Now, in the fading heart of Mos Springs, Tennessee, Arden uncovers a forgotten manuscript hidden deep in the walls of the crumbling public library where she works. Its pages hold a world her grandmother created long ago.

As Arden reads, the realm begins to bleed into reality. Whispers echo from the stacks. Storms gather in time with battles from the book. And soon, Arden is drawn fully into her grandmother’s tale—a decaying world of magic, myth, and war where stories fuel survival and memory shapes the land.

But the fantasy world is collapsing. Its characters remember her grandmother as both creator and betrayer, and now they look to Arden, the heir to this legacy, to choose: restore what was lost or rewrite everything. As myth and emotion clash, Arden must navigate the unraveling of her grandmother’s past to save a realm that may demand her sacrifice.