In Rilka's village, it isn't safe to go out at nightEveryone in Rilka's village knows about the beguilers: the golden-eyed, wailing creatures that come out after dark and lure people to their doom. Rilka astonishes her fellow villagers when she reveals that her Great Intention--her first act as an adult--is to capture a beguiler. During her dangerous quest to the cloud mountain, the rumored lair of the beguilers, Rilka discovers truths about the beguilers--and herself--that will change her life and her village forever.