From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black,comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy. He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked kingCardanin exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of FaerieJude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sisterTarynwhose mortal life is in peril. Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Courtand confront her lingering feelings for Cardanif she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics. Andwhen a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashedpanic spreads throughout the landforcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity…