In this sequel to A Queen To Come, the five Asters, brothers and sisters in magic, are facing an uprising in North America by a Dark King, without the assistance of an ancient and powerful magic.The Queen has vanished from the face of the earth – her magic along with her. The impending threat that the Queen’s birth predicted looms over the Asters as they now realise that they will one day have to face it without her. But there is no time to grieve. The Small Council still doesn’t know what happened in Brazil that night, and they send an investigative team in to find out. But things are not as they seem. And it isn’t long before members of the team start to go missing.Meanwhile, the King of the North American Underworld is mobilising his troops. The rare magic he and his Disciples were so afraid of is no more, and he is taking his chance.The Asters are tasked with quelling the uprising. Despite their loss of faith in themselves, the Asters are still expected to protect the humans on the Surface of the world.They must pull together to stand any chance against the very first King they have ever faced.