Soren and band are back. Coryn has retrieved the ember and it seems a golden age is dawning at the great Ga'Hoole Tree. But all that is golden is not necessarily good. Soren-Twilight-Gylfie and Digger face their biggest challenge yet as the young king-haunted by the suspicion that haggish blood flows in his veins-hunts for the truth. His wanderings imperil himself and the good guardians who travel with him.