Gray Men -- Sparrow -- Sign of fire -- Blood of the Shadowdrake -- Pacolet -- Ask-and-answer -- Madinia and Margaret -- Ariel -- Riddles -- Owl of Sallay -- Bargain -- Death of the West -- Queen's swans -- On the ratlines -- Terrestrial Globe -- Statue of life -- Only one left -- Winter Ball -- Court of wards -- Letter for the prince -- Left hand -- Mermaid Tavern -- Sutton Hoo -- Arrival at Deptford -- Shoe Lane -- In the Liberties -- Queen's council -- Help -- Greenhouse -- Damage -- Tyrants -- Wind -- Vatra -- Secrets.

Thirteen-year-old Petra, her tin spider Astrophil, and their Roma friends Neel and Tomik are surprised by revelations about Dee, Kit, and Petra's father as they face Prince Rodolfo of Bohemia, who will do anything to possess a powerful object, the Celestial Globe.