After their parents are killed, Jude and her immortal sisters are abducted by the assasin and taken to the world of Faerie. Jude is tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal and as she grows older, she has to take part in dangerous trials to truly belong. But the stairway to power is fraught with shadows and betrayal and looming over is the infuriating, arrogant and charismatic Prince...