Magic exists. Although nobody calls it like that: it’s called wonders. And for a wonder to occur, someone has to ask for it and hope for the gods, whoever they may be, to respond.

Wonders sometimes help. Other times, they have horri...

Magic exists. Although nobody calls it like that: it’s called wonders. And for a wonder to occur, someone has to ask for it and hope for the gods, whoever they may be, to respond.

Wonders sometimes help. Other times, they have horrifying consequences such as earthquakes, plagues and monstrous beasts.

Since the Inquisition forbade them in Europe, they became mere legends. But everything changes with the disembark in the New World.

In the beginning of the 18th century, the British colonies bustle with activity: there are treasure hunters, inquisitors and natives, and monsters do as they please. There is where the Woodcombe sisters are sent: Olive, fascinated with everything she finds and Hester, obsessed with a melody that can save or condemn everything she loves.