Liska knows that magic is monstrous, and its practitioners monsters. When her efforts to suppress her own magic end in disaster, she has no choice but to flee her small village and delve into the demon-infested spirit-wood. Her goal: steal the mythical fern flower, and use its one wish to banish her powers. Everyone who has sought the flower has fallen prey to unknown horrors, so when Liska is caught by the wood’s warden, a demon called the Leszy, his brgain seems better then death: one year of servitude in exchange for the flower’s wish.

Whisked away to the Leszy’s crumbling manor, Liska soon makes an unsettling discovery: she is not the first person to strike this bargain, and all her predecessors have mysteriously vanished. If Liska wants to survive the year and return home, she must u...

Liska knows that magic is monstrous, and its practitioners monsters. When her efforts to suppress her own magic end in disaster, she has no choice but to flee her small village and delve into the demon-infested spirit-wood. Her goal: steal the mythical fern flower, and use its one wish to banish her powers. Everyone who has sought the flower has fallen prey to unknown horrors, so when Liska is caught by the wood’s warden, a demon called the Leszy, his brgain seems better then death: one year of servitude in exchange for the flower’s wish.

Whisked away to the Leszy’s crumbling manor, Liska soon makes an unsettling discovery: she is not the first person to strike this bargain, and all her predecessors have mysteriously vanished. If Liska wants to survive the year and return home, she must u...