In a world where mortals are nothing but playthings for the immortal Faerie, Crystal is a reluctant prisoner of the Faerie Court. Torn from her homeland when it was destroyed by the Faerie army, she is forced to survive in a land where cruelty and beauty intertwine, and where no one-least of all a mortal like her-can truly belong.
The Faerie king, King Elion, rules with an iron fist, and his youngest son, Damian, is as ruthless as the court itself. Though his charm is undeniable, there is a coldness in his eyes that makes even the most powerful Faerie tremble. For all his arrogance and pride, Damian seems to take an unusual interest in Crystal, and she quickly learns that in Faerie, attraction can be as dangerous as hatred.
As Crystal navigates the political intrigue of the Faerie Court, she finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about survival, power, and the price of freedom. With allies that are as unreliable as they are dangerous, and enemies lurking in every shadow, Crystal must decide whether to fight for her place in a world that despises her or to learn the dark arts of manipulation and betrayal to claim a power of her own.
But in Faerie, nothing is as it seems, and the stakes are higher than Crystal could have ever imagined. The more she learns, the more she realizes that some games are played with lives-both mortal and immortal.