Gaia save the Queen... Emma Stonetree's father is missing. Worse yet, her uncle's gone too, leaving her and her two cousins, Jasper and Jade, floundering for an explanation. All Emma can think of are their fathers' stories-tall tales of magic, mystery, and a whole host of shifter races. Stories she might not have believed, if not for her own research into the matter-research that hardly prepares her for the trials of magic she and her cousins will endure as they set off that Midwinter's night to discover their roots. Nor does it prepare the three for what they find on the other side...