The fifth book in the Chronicles of the Twenty-One Butterflies fantasy series.
An attempt to save the women from the Library in the Forest suddenly becomes unimportant when an unfortunate death forces Buckeye to once more sail west to Midway in search of her heritage. Meanwhile, the Paguans seek revenge for the death of Lord Obrin and will stop at nothing to bring down the Twenty-One Butterflies, including starting a war. Everything quickly turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse with both Stevens and the Paguans being the cats and the Butterflies being twenty-one mice