As the price for Lucy's freedom, Soli is charged by the Faerie Queen with journeying to the Black Lake and retrieving the Dark Crown.

The kingdoms in Faerieground are threatened by war, and no one can be sure who is on which side. Soli wants to believe that her friends will come rescue her from the Crows, but will Lucy and Kheelan's allegiance to the faeries of Roseland hold them back? In the final book of the Faerieground series, readers will find out if friendship, love, and trust can prevail over the evil that plagues the faerieground.

As Lucy, Kheelan, and the united Faerie march to war against the Crows, Soli discovers who has been smuggling Kheelan's messages to her, and learns Caro's secret--and Lucy's mother returns to the Faerieground.

Lucy is back home in Mearston, fully recovered, but trying desperately to get back to Faerieground where her best friend Soli, Queen of the Faerie, is still a prisoner of the Crows.

Soli and Lucy learn more about the history of Faerieground.