Kazu Kibuishi\047s thrilling, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series continues! Emily and her friends think they\047ll find the help they need in Cielis, but something isn\047t right. 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\047s expected to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, the most powerful Stonekeepers. But as the number of competitors gets smaller and smaller, a terrible secret is slowly uncovered--a secret that, if left buried, means certain destruction of everything Emily fights for.