Setting out from Yorkshire, Zoe Woods is determined to reach her Uncle Alex in Sussex. In the company of faeras, she should be safe, but there is a surprise in store for her along the way. Deciding to abandon his home in Tuscany, Blasius Maximus Renatus sets out across countries filled with new dangers. He is determined to reach England before he starves. Callie Fortescue is preparing to one day take the throne. When her aunt and queen vanishes, Callie, her husband and her brother set out to find the missing woman.