Heir to an ancient title, Simon Malmain, the Earl of Falconer, is well known among the Guardians, humans with magical powers derived form nature. Well known, but not always well loved. for those who enforce the law are rarely embraced by those whom they protect - and this is equally true whether the law is magical or mundane.A routine mission to confront a rogue Guardian who has misused his powers turns disastrous when Simon's quarry, Lord Drayton, captures his pursuer in a transformation spell.