The Fools make contact with a First Person named Thorkillin. They begin planning to free him and the rest of the First People. The gang befriends the house musician and learns all about the House of Embers from him. They also discover that the master is Frank Enstein. Eddie uses a magic book to enroll the Second Breakfast Club as servants in the House of Embers for an indefinite period. With their new status, they meet the master of the house and engage in an ill-advised fight.