Sikevra-the word carries a variety of meanings: outlaw, bane, traitor, hated beast. There is no being in the Hidden Lands more reviled or more disgusting. Sikevra are banished and exiled forever. The gods themselves state that their souls are destroyed upon death with no hope of salvation in the afterlife. Princess Galessel is sikevra. It doesn't matter that she committed no crime or had done nothing to deserve the marks she bears; she is now loathed by the very people she is trying to save. Can Galessel and her loyal friend, Clove, save the fae living in Ashelon before someone can collect the bounty on her head? Can she foil Queen Victoria's scheme to invade the Hidden Lands? And if that weren't enough, the Hammer Guardians have returned to slay as many of the fae folk as they can get their hands on…starting with Galessel and Clove.