-Equestria is beset by a grand conspiracy when a secret cabal seeks to overthrow the rule of the Alicorns. In doing so, they unleash a monster that threatens to cover the land in perpetual fear and darkness.
-In the wake of the defeat of Queen Chrysalis, Æclypse the Unforgiven, exiled prince of the ancient Kingdom of Thule is unmasked by Twilight Sparkle. But how could this be? Divided between his true identity and the persona of 'Wanderlust' that has come to define his life, can the unicorn come to terms with who he really is?
-Unnerved by a letter left behind for her at the scene of a theft, a sense of dread stalks Princess Celestia through the halls of Canterlot. A trauma thought put behind her rising from the shadows of her memory.
-Can Twilight, her friends, and the exiled prince of ancient Thule save Equestria from a nightmarish future?