When Jude was seven, her parents were murdered, and she and her sisters were taken to live in the perilous High Court of Faerie. A decade later, Jude's desire to belong in the court, against the contempt of the fey and especially Prince Cardan, leads her into a web of deceit and bloodshed. As a looming civil war threatens the realm, Jude's bravery is put to the test, forging unlikely alliances to safeguard her family and the land of Faerie.