The witch and the demoness Rachel Morgan, who is not afraid of the sun, managed to save Timelessness from extinction, but at what cost? Strange magic has descended upon Cincinnati and the Lowlands, turning spells on the caster himself or distorting them beyond recognition. The shaky truce between humans and the Inner-Earths is falling apart before our eyes. Rachel will have to stop the strange magic before the masters of the undead, who still keep theirs under control, lose patience, because otherwise a real war will break out within the Inner-Earths. The only way out is wild elven magic. But it is also fraught with many dangers...