Sixteen-year-old Sam Seril thinks her biggest problems are winning the next track relay and surviving high school social hierarchies. But Sam holds a secret she doesn't quite understand: she is a Cypher Sorceress. She can speak any language she hears; including the complex, humming binary of machines. Whether it's her dog, Jackal, or the AI help program of her Levitron Umbrella, her blood bridges the communication divide.
Her ordinary suburban life shatters when she discovers her family's reality is a carefully constructed lie. Her parents aren't just business consultants; they are elite Collectors for the Library of Things, a legendary super-science library hidden deep in the cosmos. It isn't a place of dusty books, but an Interstellar Library of tools, and gadgets, including "Doors" that can instantly transport them to the farthest corners of the universe.
Thrust through a Door into this staggering new world, Sam uncovers the most devastating truth of all: the woman she calls Mom isn't her biological mother. While navigating a galaxy of alien wonders and high-tech dangers, Sam is haunted by a quiet, terrifying fear, now that the secret is out, her mother may no longer want to be her mother at all.
From the safety of Earth to the gleaming corridors of the Library, Sam must find her place in a universe much larger than she ever imagined. To survive, she must embrace her true identity and learn to master her awakening Cypher Sorceress powers.
