Arrowsmith goes from being in prison for having drunken conversations with himselves, to learning that the true home of their group of friends, the White Palace, is rising from the ground.

This isn't entirely good news: the palace only rises when Significant Happenings are afoot. It falls to Arrowsmith to travel to the realm of the gods to find out why, and he discovers a plot to destroy the Court forever.

The only way to fight this kind of subterfuge? A sneaky plot of their own involving stealth, spying, and lookalikes. The question now is: where do they find a stand-in for a five-foot-ten, virgin albino prince?

Maybe the world's meanest 12-year-old girl has the answers.