In THE INITIATION and THE CAPTIVE Part 1, Cassie is forced to move from sunny California to gloomy New England, she is horribly homesick until she forms a bond with a group of teenagers. This clique rules the school - no one dare cross them - but Cassie feels a strange kinship with them, and when she is initiated into their 'secret circle' she is both terrified and thrilled to be part of a coven of witches that have controlled New Salem for hundreds of years...But then Cassie falls in love. Now she has a tough decision to make: does she walk away, or does she step over to the dark side?