A year has passed since Demios, Ivy, Lily, Hattie, Rainer, Zayden, and Maddox vanished. While things have carried on, nothing has been the same. Davorin feels the weight of Rose’s sadness as personal rejection, so when voices request his help to save them, he steps in the bubble, entering a quest with more to lose than any of them could realize. While the children struggle with what they must do to return, Matvei’s kingdom faces challenges from enemies and allies alike.