The road has been a winding one. The perils faced seemed unbeatable. Yet Maggie Henning, with the vampire prince Luc beside her, had faced them. She'd accepted who she was born to be. She'd learned to use her fires to protect those she cares for. She returned one prince only to learn he carried a curse upon him that nobody thought imaginable. She faced both Ossa and Ashe and won. But not all battles are without scars. Not all wins are victorious. The Realm is ruled by a false king, subjecting its inhabitants to extreme cruelty. Both The Realm and Humankind are a sliver from destruction, and the only shield protecting both worlds rests in the hands of an army at the command of a vampire and a phoenix. There will be reunions. There will be bloodshed. There will be good-byes. Bravery is what one does when they're expected to. Courage is doing it without thought of yourself. But what does one do when those lines are blurred?