New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead returns to the Otherworld, an embattled realm mystically entwined with our world - and ruled by one woman s dangerous choice haman-for-hire Eugenie Markham is the best at banishing entities trespassing in the mortal realm. But as the Thorn Land s queen, she s fast running out of ways to end the brutal war devastating her kingdom. Her only hope- the Iron Crown, a legendary object that even the most powerful gentry fear ut who can Eugenie trust? Fairy king Dorian has his own agenda for aiding her search. And Kiyo, her shape-shifter ex-boyfriend, has every reason to betray her along the way. To control the Crown s ever-consuming powers, Eugenie will have to confront an unimaginable temptation - one that will put her soul and the fate of two worlds in mortal peril