(Sequel to Marissa Meyer's Heartless) It's been a year since Catherine became queen of hearts and things are going down hill. And before she became the queen she gave her heart to the sisters. And before she gave her heart up her beloved Jest was slain before her very eyes. That brings us to the present day. Executions happen weekly. The people are getting scared that they will be next. But at a particular execution an old friend of Catherine's tells her that her heart is the thing that can save the only thing she still loves.