The last two years of Samantha's life have been utterly insane. As a freshman, she was almost murdered by a friend's ex. As a sophomore, she discovered she could read minds as a result of the "incident." Now, as a junior, a ghost is telling her she can control time and that it is her sole duty to kill the guy who saved her life almost two years ago. It's a lot to handle. It doesn't help that Sam's a year behind in her training - Zac's been learning about this war since his near-death experience in prison two summers ago. He's already ready and willing to kill Sam - in fact, he's rather eager to. Throw in the Doberman, a Palace assassin in love with Sam, a few catty goddesses, an accidental band, and a dead witch and Sam's got even more on her plate than she thought. But at the root is one simple problem: Zac needs to die.