Presumed dead, Ellie Kate Marchand wakes in a cottage to the face of a new ally and under the threat of a new day. She has survived one assassin and one brush with death, but she knows that more will come, and that King Richard will not stop until she is dead and he has his war with Grunwald. A journey across the country brings Ellie farther from the Glass Castle, but closer to understanding the events that took place both while she was there, and long before. As she and the woodcutter, Liam, fight off assassins and try to unravel the mystery of Goneril Scrimshaw, dark forces are still at work and aim to prevent Ellie from escaping Trenway.