How to bring rebellious heylars back to Anli-Gissar? How to cut the strings tying them to an unknown puppeteer? Will the mental gift Ir’iana received from the Warden help her preserve the peace of three empires and find the traitor? And will there be time for the most important thing—love—amid battles, political games, and sharp retorts to ancient, sharp-tongued fairy folk? It’s not easy to defend your feelings, and at the same time marry off your best friends. But if for that you have to teach a thing or two to overconfident dragons and brazen necromancers—well… Ir’iana can handle it. There’s no doubt about it.