After Ben Holiday purchased Landover, he discovered the magic kingdom has some problems. The Barons refused to recognize a king and the peasants were without hope. To make matters worse, Ben learned he had to duel to the death with the Iron Mask, the terrible lord of the demons, a duel which no human could hope to win.

High Lord Ben Holiday and his beautiful love, Willow, are long in returning from Earth, and without the soil of Landover in which to root as a tree at times, Willow cannot survive. It is up to Questor Thews to save them.

Former Chicago lawyer Ben Haliday, now the ruler of the magical kingdom of Landover, goes in search of his daughter, Mistaya, kidnaped by a disgruntled witch. A sequel to The Tangle Box.