Book two in the Brook Storyteller series. Leading straight on from book one, Brat; Brook is now a master Storyteller with a new name, Spellbinder, when trouble breaks out in the Westerholds, and she is called upon to rescue kidnapped children, and has to call on all her ingenuity and courage when Dragons become part of her negotiations.

Brook, now called Spellbinder, is working as Remembrancer to her friend Graycat, now known as Young Overlord Lady Quicksilver, when Storytellers start disappearing. Spellbinder is captured and forced to summon the Elder Dragons, but when she cannot control them, she must break her Storyteller vow and forfeit her most precious possession – her name.