FORCES CONSPIRED against the lands of Lahlya. Shadows grew in number, darkness in strength, as ancient powers that once protected magical and holy sites began to wane. A lone boy, abandoned in a forest known to devour all within, with a not-quite-right Pixie-kin to guide him, and a princess who so far has lived an almost too-sheltered life face an ancient, long forgotten curse that now cascaded throughout the world. Matasi and Maahyri may so far be ignorant to those who pulled their strings, but Tlila would be damned if she allowed such a travesty to continue any longer.