The author of the Switchers Trilogy "creates a convincing fantasy world" in this magical novel of a girl who sets out on a daring journey ( Publishers Weekly ). Everyone in Rilka's village knows about the beguilers: the golden-eyed, wailing creatures that come out after dark and lure people to their doom. Rilka astonishes her fellow villagers when she reveals that her Great Intention-her first act as an adult-is to capture a beguiler. During her dangerous quest to the cloud mountain, the rumored lair of the beguilers, Rilka discovers truths about the beguilers-and herself-that will change her life and her village forever.