Madeleina had spent years trying to outrun the shadow cast by her blindingly brilliant mother and escape the tortured past caused by her. However, when it's reported that Madeleina's mother had gone missing from the magical academy she taught at, the young mage returns to face her demons and seek the truth of the situation. With the help of a coworker and a well-meaning straight-F student, this prodigious dark mage will work to prevent a calamity of world-ending proportions.