"Heere is the queene of Fayerye,
With harpe and pipe and symphone,
Dwellynge in this place."
— Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Tale of Sir Topaz"

In this, Di Filippo's first fantasy novel ever, Thomas the Rhymer confronts humans and faery and monsters, in a quest through lands known and unknown . . . but can he survive the machinations of the Faery Queen?