The world is made of Stardust. That’s where the magic comes from.

Or that is what Verit Visquer’s mother tells him—but he is not so sure. Afterall, ever since the Darklings came, children have been stolen from their beds, and the stars are falling from the shattering skies. Magic. Truth. Stardust. All these things are dead. And so when hard-hearted Verit makes an impossible wish upon a shooting star, he does not expect it to come true. 

But when his beloved little brother is Taken, he finds that maybe there was one beautiful thing left in the world—and he is the only one who can save him.

And his only hope in getting his brother back is an unusual fallen star determined to rescue a distant planet, the wish that saved this star’s life, and his own questionable ability to shine.