Fifteen-year-old Bucky Orson lives in Blackwell, a place where the women are all witches. His father is the town sheriff, tasked with protecting everyone with magic powers--but that doesn't stop someone from kidnapping Bucky's little sister for her extraordinary gifts. Bucky must go on a strange journey, reconnect with an old friend, and find his non-magical place in a world of magic in order to find his sister again.