When fate leads Braiden and Sissy to a spectacular hidden stronghold, they believe they have found a place to call home. But their newfound sanctuary is in jeopardy. Worse, they need an extinct herb—an herb that vanished from the world before mighty Dahg Mahn was even born.

To save their future, they must travel back in time to the treacherous, skeek and snapper-infested marshlands south of Westland. Only there, in an age long before Westland's army purged the deadly creatures, can they find the elusive silphium. Lacking control over their timepiece, the pair must rely on Kizzon Ahlm's unique ability to trace a person's whereabouts in both time and space through blood to have a certain way to make it back.

Amidst a race against time to Afdeon, the fabled castle city in the clouds, to stay the judgment of the King of the Giants, and save Kizzon Ahlm from the headsman's axe, Braiden and Sissy must prove that love and determination can overcome even the greatest of odds.

When Braiden ends up bedridden with a sudden illness, Sissy emba
rks on a perilous quest, burdened with the reluctant partnership of the despised dark wizard who killed her mother. With the kingdom's future hanging in the balance, Sissy must set aside her thirst for vengeance, retrieve the life-saving herb, and return before it is too late.

Luckily, Cecelia and her trusty lady knuckles have a plan to try and recruit Pate and Kifferd to help—and she packed a basket full of sandwiches—to feed anyone who dares to get in her way.