In the land of Sage, the elemages are as brilliant and beautiful as they are dangerous. It may be the late 1950s on Earth, but the elemages have progressed far beyond their human counterparts.
 
When seventeen-year-old Nia Harrison, who had resigned herself to a quiet life working in her parents' pharmaceutical shop in Atlanta, is injured beyond what modern medicine can repair, she’s taken to Sage, where she learns she, too, is an elemage and her own element is none other than argon. But not all elemages can be trusted, especially Zinc, Prince of the Science kingdom.
 
While Zinc may be a troublemaker, he’ll do anything to protect his sisters. When one of them is attacked by a Shadow, a mysterious and deadly creature from their world, Zinc is ready to do whatever it takes to save her. The only problem: There is no cure for Shadow poison. As Nia becomes more deeply entangled in court politics, she finds that her affinity for chemistry might be the only thing that can save her family and the kingdom itself.
 
This YA novel is intended for ages 13+