Greg Keyes has always been both a skilled storyteller."--Terry Brooks,
New York Times bestselling author
Errol Greyson is awake and back in his own body, thanks to his friends
Aster the witch and Veronica the half-dead girl. Unfortunately, due to
the attempted suicide that led to his months-long coma and temporary
reincarnation in Aster's wooden automaton in the first place, he's also
in a mental hospital.
But when the last person Errol expects breaks him out and forces him
back to the magical Kingdoms, he has no other option but to attempt to
undo a deadly curse threatening reality itself, in hopes of returning
the realm to equilibrium. It's dangerous business, especially in Errol's
merely-human form, weakened from months in bed.
Fearing for their friend's life, Aster and Veronica follow, but are
quickly separated. Aster is captured by an ancient evil--the source of
the curse--while Veronica confronts a mysterious admirer, her own
evolving nature, and the dark spirit that murdered her years earlier.
As vast armies collide and dragons take wing, the friends must find each
other--and themselves--again.