At a Lightworld royal gala, Queene Ayla announces the betrothal of
her daughter, Cerridwen, to a high-ranking councilor. Though
strategically brilliant, the engagement comes as a shock--to
Cerridwen especially. Infuriated by her mother's high-handedness,
ignorant of her own true origins, she flees the court--leaving
herself vulnerable to those who would see the Lightworld destroyed.
Amid burgeoning unrest, desperate desires become divided
loyalties and terrifying mercenaries lurk in the shadowy space
between rebellion and anarchy.