You have been summoned to complete the entrance exam for St. Elias University. Be warned: while the mountain may not let you in, it also may not let you leave. Only the best and brightest will be deemed worthy. If this does not describe you, you should consider declining the summons-that is, if you want to survive.

Prophetic dreams lead Hazel, a sheltered and sweet, book-smart young mage from Arkansas, to Saint Elias University to find her mother. Her counterpart, Gwen, a smart-mouthed, out of control therian raised in hiding in Maine, needs the knowledge at SEU to gain control over the beast within-before it controls her.

In order to be accepted, they must survive the magical entrance exam within the belly of Mount Saint Elias in Alaska.

But the summoning is just the beginning.

Ancient magic awaits them-along with charming distractions: a golden boy with a soft spot for Hazel, and Gwen's forbidden temptation.

When kidnappings lead to killings around campus, reality crashes down around them, and they begin to consider that there might be something more nefarious about SEU than the entrance exam.

While the girls search for their own answers, they find themselves at the heart of these attacks. In order to save themselves and their friends, Gwen and Hazel have to do the unimaginable: trust each other and burn together.