Of Silk and Fang

With life returning to normal on the sprite homeworld, Ben Sullivan has been traveling back and forth through The City of Doors, bringing additional medicines to his new friends. Unbeknownst to him, however, an old nemesis has been working in the shadows to terminate access to The City's magical portals for any race but its own. Intolerance and arrogance give it the right to act. The lack of flesh gives it the ability.

Deep within the steampunk halls, a danger has grown. It is a danger with a focused desire: to feed and to multiply. And its many eyes have been set on Ben.

Once again, the Sullivans and their friends are pulled into a harrowing adventure of danger and discovery. It seems that the universe has a never ending supply of hungry predators. Calliope just wishes they did not always find her father. Then again, without them, she would probably never have found out about the magical doorways to other worlds. She and her friend Stephanie would never have found their mechanical fairy friend, Poppie. And they would not have met their sprite companions from another realm. So, all in all, she will have to take the good with the bad.

But this time, the bad is headed towards worse.