A year has passed since Kiona's fulfilling adventure began as The Maid of the Heart, and until now, prophecy for the Ur Alliance, even the fledgling Republic that had overthrown Queen Marieanne's once notorious Kingdom, is being fulfilled, without warning, in the most violent tempest! Escaping her confinement by unlikely allies, Marieanne now has to navigate the treacherous waters of her own insanity to restore what she had lost since her hostility towards Kiona months ago. Whilst Kiona grapples with her mission to capture Saga Cora's mysterious brother, Monedue, who is constantly on the run from his eldest sister, General Glandar.