 Meggie finds herself increasingly distanced from Farid, and drawn to another young man named Doria, a member of the Black Prince's robber camp.The plot picks up when nearly all of the children of Ombra are kidnapped by The Piper and threatened to be taken to the mines where they will surely die.Mo, now known almost exclusively as the Bluejay, cannot accept this and frees them by giving himself up in exchange.