A Court of Silver Flames

As the story begins, human sisters Elain and Nesta are forced into a primordial magical Cauldron on the orders of the Fae King of Hybern. He hopes to use them to demonstrate the Cauldron’s power to transform humans into the immortal magical race called the Fae. He does this to gain the support of the mortal queens who rule the human realms because they wish to become immortal too. In return, they will support Hybern’s plan to tear down the wall separating their territories from the Fae realm. Secretly, the king plans to conquer and rule both realms once the wall is down. Elain emerges from the Cauldron as an immortal Fae. Nesta struggles and resists the transformation. As she submerges, she points at the king, marking him as her future target for vengeance.

After this initial replay of what transpired in the previous novel in the series, the saga resumes sometime after Nesta’s transformation and the death of the King of Hybern. Order has been restored to the Court of Night, where Nesta’s youngest sister, Feyre, rules as High Lady, with her husband Rhys as High lord. Rhys’s friend and trusted general,

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