Touchstone, the magical theatre troupe, continues to build audiences and wherever they go, worldly success follows. But after an apparent loss in the Trials, the four are chosen to travel from a kingdom populated with Wizards, Elves and Fae, to the continent, where magic is forbidden and non-human races are met with suspicion. As strains within the group threaten to fracture it, playwright Cayden is increasingly troubled by his "elsewhens," the uncontrolled moments when he is plunged into visions of the death of his closest friend, the troupe's reckless and brilliant glisker, Mieka. Cade fears that his Fae gift will forever taint his friendships, while his friends fear that his increasing distance will destroy him.