Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her sisters have lived for a decade.

"It didn't take long for pint-sized Tamaki's lightning reflexes to catch the eye of starving Kendo instructor Toraji. This second-rate sensei is an embarrassment to the sport, and his Kendo club is running out of members. His only hope for redemption -- and a full belly -- is to get Tamaki to sign-on as his star pupil. Unfortunately this sword-wielding prodigy is a serious anime addict, so it'll be a challenge to get her to step away from the television...