Raised by intelligent, language-using wolves, Firekeeper had to learn to cope with human society and what initially seemed like its unendurable complexity -- and discovered that for someone raised in a wolf pack, the politics of a royal court were neither unmanageably complex nor wholly unfamiliar. Now, the happy ending of "Through Wolf's Eyes" has proved to have complicated consequences. The power balance of the neighboring lands is threatened by the prospect of a unified kingdom of Hawk Haven and Bright Bay, and new intrigues abound. The rulers of Bright Bay turn out to have been hoarding a small collection of powerful and forbidden magical artifacts... which Queen Gustin took with her when she abdicated, intending to use them to restore her former power.
Melina Shield is still scheming to get control of them, and she's older, smarter, and more devious than Queen Gustin. And the older, smarter, and even more devious civil service of neighboring New Kelvin would like to get their hands on that magic as well... Which will make life very hard for Firekeeper. Because the powers of the world have decided who's to obtain those much-contended-for magical articles. It's her.
