Nova and the Alchemist (Book Two)

Weed-like black rocks sprout in the outskirts of Old Corona, already nearing Corona. Nearly everyone is either scrambling to get answers or ignoring the problem. Nova knows what the black rocks are and where they're coming from (perks of her dad being an ex-solder of the Dark Kingdom), but her dad tells her to stay quiet. "Stay quiet" and "I demand respect" gets old after a while.