Grendrid, the only surviving remnant of the sleeping beautys past, seeks Briars blood! Even the seemingly impenetrable city of Windcross and its king Rodion cant protect our hero and her companions Spider and Roop. The relentless Deadcrawl and his nine assassins hunt at Grendrids behest, and it will take everything Briar and her allies have to survive. Will they all make it out alive, perhaps with even a scrap of happy ending? And will Spider finally reveal her connection to Briars past?