Obsidian: Book 2 of the Twilight Chessboard (Volume 2)

"The Knave will take Alice through the looking glass, bringing Carroll's prophecies to pass..." Alyssa has broken Jack's contract with Lilith Whitmoor, the White Queen, and earned her place in the Fayre hierarchy as the Black Queen, but Lily isn't going to take that lying down. Battling through the war of the witch Queens, Alyssa manages to accrue various Faerie allies...but one of them may not be what they seem. Meanwhile, the cryptic Smoke is hinting at a mysterious prophecy by a man known as the Haydn that may or may not spell Alyssa's downfall. Determined to protect her new friends, discover the identity of the Haydn, and put a stop to Lily's cruelty, Alyssa is beset on all sides by secrets that could put her life in greater danger than ever before. And in the meantime, both the White and Red Queens are pulling strings to make sure the new Black Queen meets a painful and permanent end...