A Door in the Dark (Waxways Book 1)

A Door in the Dark follows six teenage wizards stranded in the wilderness after a malfunctioning spell at a public waxway portal. Ren Monroe, a top student at Balmerick University seeking recruitment into a major house, finds herself grouped with Theo Brood, a wealthy student assigned to travel home with scholarship students as punishment. When a fight breaks out at the portal, the spell malfunctions, transporting all six students into the middle of nowhere—and one arrives dead. Ren's survival skills and magical knowledge make her the group's best hope for navigating the punishing wilderness with limited magical reserves. However, she must contend with the tangled secrets her companions are hiding and an unknown threat following them through the dark woods.