A journey to Kelting to see the court and be presented to the Queen

What more could a girl ask for? When Alyssa's dearest wish comes true, her lifelong admiration of the Queen is shaken when she finds that the Queen has usurped the throne through an orgy of murder and sorcery.

When Alyssa and her mother are courted by the Queen for some unknown purpose, Alyssa is plunged into a web of treachery and deceit with danger on all sides. Can Cousin Matthew and the mysterious and detestable Lord Fleet save her when her girlhood dreams become a nightmare?

While Cousin Matthew and his small band of intrepid friends prepare a rebellion against the Queen, Alyssa must embark on a desperate search for a crown prince who vanished before her birth, braving dragons and other dangers in the wild in order to fulfill her quest.