*THIS NOVEL IS A SEQUEL TO WILD CARD/CROSS SUIT/POKER FACE & CANNOT BE READ AS A STANDALONE* One legend states that mermaid-mage-hybrids are real, prophesied monsters from a long-lost tale about magical creatures breeding; and they are chaotic beings that would threaten the entire world as we know it. *** Ysac, the wild-card joker with a heart of gold, is stuck fighting a war between two queens who want nothing more than to rip each other apart. His loyalty is to Gwenore, always; but he sees his patience tested by Jack, who kisses the ground Luned walks upon and seeks to destabilize anyone who opposes him. A third queen becomes involved, one hailing from the mysterious other side that Ysac now knows is a flourishing kingdom called Flushing Fields. This queen doesn't want Acewood for herself, however--she wants Gwenore to succeed, for reasons Ysac will soon have to find out. Reasons that are world-shiftingly dangerous, and that will cause consequences that he will have the responsibility of telling Gwenore about.