Lazarus is a daddy. Before that happen, he was the summer knight, fought the ghoul virus, broke up and made up with Emma and split with Beth. Also, he did the small thing and won the war for the Summer Queen. It was a battle that did not seem possible to win. Especially since the Queen decided to absent herself from the fight. Sir Foxgrove said it best when he discovered the Queen was missing in action, “…well I guess we will have to make do with the elves, dryads, and the cowardly dragon.”
Most of the action takes place in fae with Laz, Odette, Beth, malicious plots, and assassination attempts. From the previous book Laz became infected with the ghoul virus. To stop the progression of the virus he had to go to fae. Sarkan, a jinn and head of the ghoul gave this clear as mud information for a cure, “the sickness is death, and only life can pay for death. If you wish to cure yourself of death, you will pay with your life.”
Birth, death and war make this and entertain story in the saga of Lazarus Kerrigan.