Ellery Finch helped Alice escape the Land and the dark legacy of her hermit grandmother. Now she and other fugitives from the fairy-tale world have settled in New York, where Alice is trying to start a new life, far from magic. But suddenly other characters begin to die one after another, and the girl suspects that their deaths have some dark purpose. Meanwhile, in the disappearing world of the Land, Finch seeks his own adventure and, if he succeeds, his way home... The sequel to The Walnut Wood, a New York Times bestseller.