Characters

When eighteen-year-old Mariana Brooks falls through a portal into the Demon Realm, she refuses to believe in magic-despite her silver hair, melodic voice, and mysterious pendant that seems alive with power.
Alador Blight, a brilliant but weary inventor trapped in a loveless marriage and Emperor Belos's regime, finds his carefully constructed life upended when this human with an impossible understanding of magical mechanics enters his workshop.
As Mariana becomes Alador's assistant, their professional collaboration awakens not just her dormant magical abilities-ancient song magic long feared by the Emperor-but also feelings neither expected to discover.