Nineteen years have passed since the end of the Great War. Tabitha, Brint, and Holly live lives of peace and safety, until Aesri invites them to the home of the fairies for a visit. It soon becomes clear there is more to her request than she has led them to believe. When disaster strikes, they must make choices that will impact more lives than their own. One path is paved with riddles and shadows, the other, fear and destruction. The question is, how much are they willing to sacrifice? What price is too high to pay in order to save a life, or a hundred, or a thousand? As the prophecy unfolds, new love blooms and tentative friendships unfold, and they learn that no obstacle is insurmountable, as long as they are together. When they can't go back, the only way through is forward.