Amelia Sand is a student at Ainsworth Academy, where nonhumans are taught to be "civilized." But for the rulers of Umbra-humans who came through a world-gate from Earth and now sit upon the thrones-that's not enough. When Amelia discovers their plans to use magic to force her and her fellow monsters into blind obedience, she sets out to stop them. Everyone knows goblins can't be heroes, so Amelia visits a world-gate to find human...