Mortal Fire

Canny Mochrie is sixteen and on holiday when a detour leads her into a hidden valley that is home to nearly only children. They practise a kind of magic that makes things stronger and finer than they were before. Watching closely, Canny discovers she grasps the craft instinctively and can work it herself, almost as though it had been part of her all along.

Her search for answers is joined by a striking seventeen-year-old boy who is bound by an enchantment that has outlasted the people who cast it. Together they begin to untangle the valley's secrets, and Canny starts to piece together what her own history holds.