Troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night.

Mac McGerp, winner of the Best Burper first prize at the Tri-county Fair, and his good friend, Lido, try to figure out how to deal with the new repressive school principal.

Stubborn and feisty Mella, the half-faerie, half-human daughter of Lord Henry and Queen Holly Blue, has the power to determine the fate of both the faerie and "analogue world" when she travels to the country of Haleklind and discovers rebel forces preparing for war.