On his deathbed,
Meliara’s father exhorts a promise that she and her brother will raise an army
against the tyrant king and claim their right to the throne. With little men and fewer resources, the two
declare their intent to the country, hoping that others will rally to the
cause. As complicated as war proves,
however, nothing can prepare Meliara for the resulting peace. At court intrigue and treachery hold sway,
and Mel does not know whom she can trust.
Her worst enemy, however, may not be anyone at court, but her own
reluctance to face her past and admit her mistakes.
Sinda grew up believing
that herself the princess and the sole heir to the crown. On her sixteenth birthday, however, she
learns that the king and queen substituted her for their newborn daughter in
hopes of diverting a prophecy that foretold the death of the true
princess. Now that the time for the
prophecy to be fulfilled has run out, Sinda finds herself cast out of court and
into the hard life of a peasant. Angry
and confused, Sinda has to decide who she is and what she really wants from
life if she ever wants to find peace.
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