When Cara's family is attacked and she is taken prisoner, she wonders if she will ever see her home again. Alone and injured, she must use her wits and strength to stay alive where it seems everyone wants her dead. As Cara struggles to find why she has been taken, she learns that not everyone is who they appear to be. Cara is forced to forge new alliances to survive in a hostile land filled with bloodthirsty goblins and battle-hardened humans who are determined to wipe her kind off the map.