Rose Greenleaf's spy training in Rhulon is disrupted when King Krell of Uragon asks Prince Culain Ironheart to investigate the death of his nephew, Prince Caleb. Long believed dead, new evidence hints Caleb may be a prisoner in Juraca, a land torn by religious strife and civil war. Culain takes on the role as team leader, fleeing his mother's threats of an arranged marriage. Rose just as quickly volunteers to be part of the mission. Their journey will be dangerous, as demon attacks are on the rise across the continent.

But Rose's fears about goblins pales to the strange fairy forces hunting Rose for her rhapsode magic. Rose knows she must summon her rhapsode powers to fight for the right and to save both her own and the fey worlds - and in the process become War Poet