When the boogie-man abducts Aunia’s father and almost destroys their village with demons, the teen-ager needs to discover who her father really is and how to save him. But to do either, she’ll have to travel to a land that wants him dead while avoiding capture herself. It is only after she strips away her family’s secrets by making use of her friendships with gypsies, faeries and pegasi flyers that she discovers what she’s looking for and it comes with a personal understanding of the struggle between duty and passion.