Deston Lespérance assumed once he defied the odds and bested Grossard, the malicious solitary faerie who had imprisoned his parents, that he and his family would live happily-ever-after in the land of Tir na-nÓg. He wanted that so badly it never occurred to him that a scenario like that only happened in fairy tales and in the movies. In the real world the villain doesn't always die. Sometimes the villain even returns with a vengeance and threatens to unleash a darkness that will destroy the fae and the high realm forever.

With the knowledge that he barely made it out alive the last time he faced Grossard, Deston isn't anxious to do it all over again. But evil and destiny waits for no one. So, ready or not, Deston heads out on another epic adventure to locate and destroy the Shard of Erebus before Grossard and his new partner, Mordred, find it.

With only his dreams to guide him and Margaux to help figure out the clues, his challenge is extra daunting, and the stakes are higher than ever. But even knowing all that, he still never imagined the sacrifices he would be required to make.

As Deston's world crumbles around him and his friends fall, he hangs onto one glimmer of hope—that he's inherited the fae strength and powers, and that he can become the hero the fae believe him to be.