Rory Velaris never thought that she was going to be one of the dozen people handpicked by the Headmistress Olympe Maxime, but it would seem that the fates would have her travel from France all the way to Scotland where her life was sure to become a catastrophe.

Because between: 

Dragons; 

Mermaids; 

Mazes 

and 

the return of the Dark Lord.

Rory also had to keep an eye out for a boy with bottle-green eyes and the worst of lucks.