Infournewnovellas,ChristinaHenryreturnstotheworldofAliceandRedQueen,wheremagicrunsasfreelyassecretsandblood.LovelyCreatureIntheNewCitylivesagirlwithasecret:Elizabethcandomagic.Butsomeoneknowshersecret--someonewhohasasecretofhisown.Thatsecretisabutterflythatlivesinajar,abutterflythatwassupposedtobegoneforever,abutterflythatusedtobecalledtheJabberwock...GirlinAmberAliceandHatcherarejustlookingforaplacetorest.Alicehasbeendreamingofacottagebyalakeandafieldofwildflowers,butwhilewalkingblindinasnowstormshestumblesintoahousethatonlyseemsemptyandabandoned...WhenIFirstCametoTownHatcherwasn’talwaysHatcher.Once,hewasaboycalledNicholas,andNicholasfanciedhimselfthebestfighterintheOldCity.Nomatterwhofoughthimhealwayswon.Thenhisbosstellshimhe’sgoingtobattlethefearsomeGrinder,amanwhoneverleaveshisopponentsalive...TheMercySeatThereisaplacehiddeninthemountains,whereallthepeoplehateandfearmagicandMagicians.ItistheVillageofthePure,andthoughAliceandHatcherwoulddoanythingtoavoidit,itliesdirectlyintheirpath...
