Tensions are high in the Hidden Lands. A rogue tribe of elves, the Svellvega, are recruiting their fae brethren and preparing for war. Galessel and her friends have stopped Queen Victoria's invasion but rumors fly like ripe strawfaeries that humans are attempting to infiltrate the Hidden Lands once again, carrying weapons of deadly cold iron. In this third and final installment of Galessel's tale, Galessel is still sikevra - an outcast due to the mutilation of her elven ears by a Svellvegan pirate. Forced to hide in her family's palace in Anisbar, she trains daily with the human sword-master, Navarre, ready for the opportunity to sneak away and help her people. Meanwhile, her erstwhile companions, Clove, her faun best friend, Morgan the sharp-shooter, Samga the archer, and Eirsal the sylph, range throughout the Hidden Lands to find the truth of the human incursion and the Svellvega's treachery. What they don't know is that Queen Victoria has a new plan and the help of a ruthless pirate to carry it out, one who is hellbent on destroying the Hidden Lands, one genocide at a time. Will Galessel and her friends be able to save the Hidden Lands? Or will magic fade from the world forever?