Ten-year-old cousins Sophie and Wil face a long and endless summer,
until they find out MiddleGate's honeybees are falling sick. Even the
Secretariat on the Status of Magical Creatures seems unable to solve
the mystery. Fearing for Aunt Rue's position at the Secretariat, Wil
and Sophie decide to find out who – or what – is attacking the insects
after the symbol of a golden bee suddenly appears on Wil's black
medallion.
The children are cast into the secret world of the
magical honeybees of MiddleGate; a world where Magykalis honey
transforms those who consume it and portends a future when the
Serpent's Chain – a secret magical society – returns to power from
Realms Unearthly, Realms of Myth.