Spellcaster

"Descended from witches, high school senior Nadia can tell as soon as her family moves to Captive's Sound that the town is under a dark and powerful spell. Then she meets Mateo, the teenage local whose cursed dreams predict the future, and they must worktogether to prevent an impending disaster that threatens the entire town"--

this is a compelling plot that mines the lore and history surrounding witchcraft to pit good against evil in a literally earthshaking battle.

Autorentext

Claudia Gray is the pseudonym of New Orleans-based writer Amy Vincent, the author of the New York Times bestselling Evernight series. She has worked as a lawyer, a journalist, a disc jockey, and an extremely poor waitress. Her grandparents' copy of Mysteries of the Unexplained is probably the genesis of her fascination with most things mysterious and/or inexplicable.

Klappentext

A boy cursed with visions that lead to madness. A girl granted the powers to save him.

When Nadia's family arrives at their new home in Captive's Sound, she realizes instantly that there's more to this town than meets the eye. As a witch, Nadia senses that dark magic is at work—magic wielded by a force more evil and more powerful than any she has encountered before.

Mateo has lived in Captive's Sound his whole life, haunted by his family's tormented past. When the strange dreams he's been having of rescuing a beautiful girl from a car accident actually come to pass, he knows the whispers about the "family curse" are true—and that he's doomed.

Despite the laws of witchcraft that would keep them apart, Nadia and Mateo are drawn together to break the chains of the evil threatening the entire town . . . and their lives.

Zusammenfassung

A darkly enchanting series from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a teenage witch who battles dark forces in her small town, perfect for fans of the Beautiful Creatures and Hex Hall series.

A boy cursed with visions that lead to madness. A girl granted the powers to save him.

As soon as Nadia arrives in Captive's Sound, she knows something is seriously wrong. The town is shrouded in dark magic, more powerful and complex than she has ever seen. Mateo has lived in Captive's Sound his entire life, trying to dodge the local legend that his family is "cursed" with insanity. When the mysterious girl he has been dreaming of every night appears (Nadia), he fears the curse may be true. But danger is coming, and Nadia and Mateo must work together to stop this unknown force before it destroys everything in its path.