The Royal Wishing Pig has fled, but Queen Meg remains and her magic is back! She removes herself from the royal palace to escape the Royal Dance that threatens her sons? rule of the Triple Kingdoms. But duty and adventures calls as she slips out the back door to visit the Empires of the East and West in search of royal brides for her twin sons. Assassins strike as she falls in with Fool named Scarlet and the lethal daughter of the Emperor of the East and an Erin hound named Beautiful. Gaining the aid of the Duke of Barcelona, she squashes the Spider King and his poisoner and frees Espania from his grasp.