Caylith, young, self-centered and spoiled, returns home from her trip to Auntie Marrie's (RUNNING OVER RAINBOWS). She finds her ancestral villa destroyed and her mother missing. In a state of shock, she and her best friend Brindl are taken to a most unlikely refuge—the land of Faerie, a place she had thought existed only in bedtime stories.

In that marvelous new land, she meets a fearsome relative and a host of new friends. She begins to train in the martial arts. Just as important, she begins to learn her own personal magic. She becomes a thorn hidden by the rose, in a sense, for she finds that she has certain powers she could never suspect.

While in Faerie, Caylith finds herself growing and changing in many subtle ways. Through her magic and the special talents of her friends, Caylith returns at last to Britannia, trying to bring evil men to justice.

Ths is the second in the four-saga series "The Twilight of Magic."