In the fourth book of The Shadow World, Boke is the hunted one. The high coven wants her dead. Avalon want her dead because of the virus in her blood, and now society, backed by an ancient law, wants her dead too. She has nowhere left to hide and no one to turn to. Her home is no longer her refuge, and her father has lost the little power he had left. Exposed to all her enemies, she is left with a single choice. He is her last refuge.