Hope for a forgotten way of life when humans and intelligent birds and other animals lived in harmony has been reignited by the Song of Fridorfold. But a treacherous old enemy would like to stamp out the Song along with the all the Fridorfold folc who live on the Fragile lands. The struggle falls to Cary, Clarisse, and Gregory as they join a quest to recover stolen scrolls and find the mysterious Keida, who may possess the secret to defeating their sly foe, Blodcroew.