a fugitive queen. A prince who resisted. and a mission that could endanger them both. The Battle of the Serpent was eight years ago. However, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has regained the Ice Needle Citadel in the frigid north. She is making snow and stick monsters there to do her bidding and take her vengeance using an ancient relic. The only person with authority over her mother, Suren, the child queen of the Court of Teeth, fled to the human realm and now lives feral in the woods. She passes the time by freeing mortals from stupid deals while she waits, lonely and still troubled by the harsh tortures she underwent in the Court of Teeth.