Mona is fourteen-year-old and she's not like the other wizards tasked with defending their city. She lacks the ability to control storms or speak to water. Her totem is a slice of sourdough, and her magic only works with bread, but she has lived a comfortable life working in her aunt's bakery and making the gingerbread men dance. But one day, Mona's life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body in the bakery. An assassin stalks the streets of her town looking for anyone who possesses magical skills, and it seems Mona is his next target. Yet in a city under siege and suddenly devoid of wizards, the killer might be the least of Mona's worries.