Having spent her life in Arella, fighting alongside the men of her father's army, Lady Nox Roundgate finds herself in a position of pursuing her heart or fighting with her men in a bid to destroy the forces coming from the North. As war edges closer from the Mackisi within the Shia Mountains, Nox develops allies in Kiril and the Zantarian army of the West, and from Ulric within the Glens of the Crowden. The only son of Anso and the heir to Zantar, Kiril is handsome, stubborn and an aggressive warrior. They find secrets were buried and unearth treason within the lands, as while swords clash and shields are broken Nox finds where her loyalty lays.