The Battle of Fairhaven is over, and Rose Evermore has fulfilled a promise to her best friend. Both return to the Other, broken and bleeding, as Lotheria slips back beneath the river. Now, the real struggle begins; finding a place in the modern world.
But as Rose attempts to reintegrate into her old life, she is unable to shake the temptation of unfinished oaths, a burgeoning war, and a mountain of guilt. Once again stepping back into the water, she knows she must finish what she started at any cost.
Joined by the unlikeliest companions and encountering strange magics - ancient, dark, and stolen - Rose daringly returns to Lotheria as the false Queen and finds herself battling a foe she was entirely unprepared for, on a gameboard that risks everyone she ever cared about.
