Something isn't right in Cielis. Streets that were once busy are deserted, and the townspeople who are left live in crippling fear. Emily is escorted to the Academy where she's expected to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, the most powerful Stonekeepers. But a terrible secret is slowly uncovered - a secret that, if left buried, means certain destruction of everything Emily fights for.
Kazu Kibuishi is the writer and artist of the New York Times Bestselling Amulet graphic novel series, published by Scholastic Graphix. The eighth book in the series, Amulet 8: Supernova, was released in Fall 2018. Kibuishi is also the editor/art director/cover artist of the Explorer and Flight Comic Anthologies, and is the cover illustrator of the Harry Potter 15th Anniversary Edition paperbacks from Scholastic. His debut graphic novel, *Daisy Kutter: The Last Train,*garnered critical acclaim and won a YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Award. His webcomic Copper was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2005 and was later published by Scholastic Graphix as a graphic novel. The book was a Junior Library Guild selection for Fall 2009.
