Peace in Elfland does not remove the danger facing Tudor England. As the FarSeers see the future darken, the Dark Court’s Vidal Dhu schemes to keep Elizabeth from the throne, while Denoriel recovers and remains bound to protect her. Mercedes Lackey and Roberta Gellis continue the Doubled Edge alternate history, combining court politics, elven rivalries, and the stakes of Elizabeth’s future. This is Book 2 of the sequence and follows This Scepter’d Isle in publication order.