After plunging through the skip-way to the realm that lies beyond, the queen and the lord of the Illusion Court are nowhere to be found. For Lady Reyan, managing the Illusion Court without Kainen is difficult. The courtiers are suspicious of her and the enemy soon arrives to stir up trouble. But unbeknownst to the whole of Faerie, the queen has a spy deep inside the enemy camp. As the war explodes through Faerie once again, only the return of the queen and Reyan's unlikely truce with the enemy spy can turn the tide in their favour.