On the longest night of the year, a dark wizard murders a knight and his wife. The knight's children survive and swear revenge. Sam and Jamie vow to become knights like their father. Neev, the middle child, vows to become a wizard. Five years later, things look grim. Sam is useless with the sword. Jamie is denied knighthood because she's a girl. Neev cannot cast a spell without growing donkey ears, a monkey tail, or an elephant trunk. The siblings feel like failures. That's when the dark wizard strikes again. Are the siblings powerful enough to defeat him? Or will they too die at his hands?