Hope will get you nowhere.

With her wedding looming, Nimue has precious little time left to free herself from the King in Yellow's clutches. If she can't, then her future will be spent groveling at his feet until he eventually kills her.

Meanwhile, Ariel searched the depths of the ocean for Rapunzel's eye and came up empty-handed. Now, with the fate of every soul in Queen Aine's kingdom relying on her, she has no choice but to venture into the Nightmare Realm and hope she doesn't go mad, or worse, before discovering a way to save the Dream Realm.

Across the universe, the Celestial Realm erupted in chaos after Zeus's death. Now, warring factions grapple for control in the aftermath. Can Rose, Red, and Chelle take advantage of the power vacuum and usher in a new golden age for the universe, or will they be thwarted by the formidable forces that work to undermine them?

Find out in the penultimate book of the third arc, The Golden Locket.