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Il existe une guerre secrète qui se déroule dans les rues de Londres à l’insu des hommes. Une guerre entre les cours des feys, ces êtres surnaturels qui peuplaient l’Angleterre d’autrefois.

Niall Petersen, simple usager du métro londonien, se retrouve malgré lui au coeur du jeu mortel que se livrent les feys. Plongeant dans un monde étrange, un monde de légendes oubliées et de rituels mystiques, Niall devra découvrir l’un des secrets les mieux gardés de la couronne pour préserver sa vie.

Mais la Septième Cour, autrefois bannie, a placé ses pions, et à moins que Niall ne parvienne à recréer l’un des rituels les plus complexes qui soient, ils étendront leurs sombres pouvoirs sur les autres cours et mettront en esclavage l’humanité.

Niall Petersen's whole life has been turned on its head by the revelation that he can do magic. Now he has just received the news no parent wants to hear. "There's been an accident. It's your daughter".

Learning to cope with the loss of a child is only the beginning of the new challenges facing Niall Petersen. An old enemy has returned and Niall already knows it’s not a social call.

As the new Warder of the Seven Courts he will be forced to choose between love and honour, duty and responsibility.

These choices will lead him to discover the darkest secrets buried right at the core of the ancient mortal realm he now calls home.

Alex has been saved from the fate that awaited her in Bedlam, but in freeing her, Niall has released others of their kind into the population - half-breed fey who have been mistreated, abused and tortured by the institution that was supposed to help them.

Now, as Warder, he must find them and persuade them to swap their new-found liberty for security in the courts - but is the price of sanctuary to swap one cage for another?

The Eighth Court has been established, but petty rivalries and old disputes threaten its stability. The mongrels that make up the court are not helping, and Blackbird enlists the help of the warders to keep the peace.

Has Blackbird bitten off more than she can chew, and can the uneasy peace between the courts continue under such tension and rivalry?