The Eastern Shore is everything Liserli Vaelus thought it would be. She is finally studying as a historian in the Education Halls, with her best friend by her side, and her brother trying to repair their relationship. After the attack on the royal family just weeks ago, the Eastern Shore is a sanctuary. But when Prince Cadoc arrives, asking her to return and offering apologetic promises, Liserli finds it hard to refuse him. Cadoc tells her of the violence Deimos Northstar is bringing into the cities, and he believes Liserli's magic might help them keep the peace. Though terrified of Deimos and the way he calls to her in her mind, she reluctantly agrees to return to Shyal. As her manipulation magic begins to take its foothold, the threats against everyone she cares about become overwhelming. The thin veil between life and death calls into question everything she's ever known—even the origins of her world, and the world Deimos claims to be from. This thrilling sequel to The Faerie Throne is a dark tale that will have you obsessed to the very end.