October “Toby” Daye is a changeling, the daughter of Amandine from the fae and a mortal man. Like her mom, she is gifted in bloodstream magic, in a position to read what has occurred to a person through a mere taste of blood. Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, most changelings are second-class children of Faerie spending their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations. Toby is the only changeling that has gained knighthood, and she re-earns that position every day, undertaking about A Local Habitation assignments on her behalf liege, Sylvester, the Duke from the Shadowed Hillsides. Now Sylvester has asked her to go to the State of Tamed Lightning – normally known as Fremont, CA – to make certain that all can be well along with his niece, Countess January O’Leary, whom he has not been able to contact. It seems like a simple more than enough assignment – however when dealing with the realm of Faerie there is nothing ever as easy as it appears. January runs a business that produces pc fantasy games, and her domain is usually a buffer between Sylvester’s world and a rival duchy whose ruler wants an opportunity to seize control. And that is the least of January’s complications. For Tamed Lightning has somehow been cut off from the additional domains, and now someone has begun to murder January’s key people. If Toby can’t find and prevent the killer quickly, she may well become the next victim….