Rune: She ran away from an abusive home to become the greatest violinist her world had ever known-and When The Ghost of Skull Hill tried to stop her, she played him to sleep!
Robin: No mean musician herself, she must make her own visit to Skull Hill-to recruit the dreadful ghost to their cause.
Nightingale: Alone she could accomplish nothing. So she joined forces with Tfyrr, a strange nonhuman with the face of a raptor and the voice of an angelic choir.
This unlikely set of heroes had the daunting task of saving the King-and through him the Gypsies, Free Bards, and non-humans of the twenty kingdoms.
Fortunately, their opponents had no idea how potent a weapon music could be....