The wrong Crow is Taken. The bells toll over Elphame. The Gate is open. Blood fills the streets. The mortals have come. The screaming has started. The Taking has begun. The Gate closes once again. The mortals have their Crow back. In Whitwick Gates, where every mortal child once faced the risk of almost certain death at the hands of Fae, the mortal realm takes their final stand against Elphame. Perdi is the first Crow to gain her freedom and guard the Gate against all who seek to Take her people once again. But her return to the mortal world left her balancing perilously between mortals and Fae. Caught between fates, Whitwick calls on the aid of black magick witches and wages war in the only way they can win, by becoming the Taker of Crows, starting with Perdi. The cost of her survival will stain her very soul and gain notice from the Gods.