Even though they won the gang war, trouble still besets Sydney and the Faery Gang. With her sister Marla getting more and more irrational with each day, Sydney must maneuver past scheming dwarves and goblins, and the mysterious Nightshade dogging her tracks. Each action brings her closer and closer to a showdown with the beast that lurks within the Lord of Woodhollow's gardens...a monster known only as the mauler