Seventeen-year-old Dew Mistwood starts work at a shelter for magical animals, but discovers that even a dream job can turn into a nightmare.
When Dew Mistwood starts work at the Harthome Shelter for Magical Animals, she thinks she has found the perfect job. Bullied and ostracized at school, Dew quickly learns that a workplace can be just as harsh. Yet Dew loves the animals and forges strong bonds with them, her thoughts influencing their actions.
The only child of her widowed father, Dew is devastated when their cottage in the forest is set alight and her father disappears. Her search growing more frantic by the day, Dew's power over the magical animals in her care grows. She learns how to control them with her mind. Old enemies suddenly want to become friends when others learn of Dew's power and her willingness to use it.
Helped by an elderly druid, a hornless unicorn and the brooding young hunter, Yate, Dew's search uncovers the dark side of the small town where she lives.
Filled with shadowcats, hide hounds, fire salamanders, grice and many other remarkable creatures, Dew's Sanctuary is for anyone who loves animals - magical or else.