Rapunzel knows nothing about her neighboring kingdom, Astera-and not just because she only left her tower a month ago. So when a suspicious invitation arrives welcoming Rapunzel to the Asteran princess's coming of age ceremony, Rapunzel accepts-and unwittingly plunges herself and her companion, Eugene, into a tangled knot of political intrigue and magical secrets. Yet as they're drawn further into the country's problems, they uncover truths about Eugene's parentage that point to deeper unrest in Astera, and suddenly the fate of their own kingdom, not just their personal dreams, is at stake. Thrust into a power struggle, Rapunzel and Eugene race to protect their home from an unsettlingly familiar threat and discover that the past can either hold them back, or help them blossom.
