Since her mother was killed, 16-year-old Cayder Broduck has been focused on getting justice for anyone who illegally used magic. In his opinion, anyone who uses it for their own gain without caring about the consequences should be punished. When he is given the opportunity to work as an apprentice in a prestigious law firm, he jumps at the chance. If he could learn the tricks from defense attorneys, he would be able to tear apart their arguments once he is a prosecutor. When he meets three criminals that he's supposed to defend, things are not so cut and dry. They are teenagers like him, and their stories are complicated, also like his. The prison where they are being held is in the heart of a horrible tear in the veil between their world and another dimension, a place where magic comes from.