Faris Nallaneen, 18-year-old Duchess of Galazon, is sent off to Greenlaw College by her uncle Brinker, who has his eye on her properties. She befriends Jane Brailsford, an accomplished English student, and undertakes the study of magic. That magic will save her life, her friends, and ultimately, the world when she and Jane become entangled with Samuel Lambert, an American sharpshooter from Wyoming who is called in by Glasscastle College (the male counterpart of Greenlaw) for their secret Agincourt project