Ages 12+.

Grades 10-12.

When the Synod, the Sitterhood's governing circle, calls a once-in-a-generation Summit, Esme should be excited to get the answers she wants, but she is struck, instead, by a building sense of panic.

Esme and Cassandra are Sitters, supernaturally-gifted teens armed with an ever-changing grimoire of Sitter witchcraft to help them protect the innocent and keep evil demons at bay. You know, the typical teenage stuff. The Synod-- the Sitterhood's governing circle-- calls a Summit, a once-in-a-generation gathering that promises training, education, and whole lot of ice-breakers. Esme can finally get the answers she desperately wants-- but she can't shake a building sense of panic. Especially since Cassandra is not acting like herself and Esme's dad is MIA. It's obvious the Summit is a haute mess, but will it be a deadly one, too? -- adapted from jacket