The Fairleafs are a humble family on the rise, and its senior members exhibit their ambition by formulating a daring plan: to get the attention of Alepion's royalty. 

Trone and Eldrian Fairleaf are two young brothers who play at war but are thrust into their parents' game of high stakes and fatal mistakes; theirs is the task of befriending the two Daughters of Alepion.

But while the brothers pursue the Daughters, other plots have hatched in the night. The Old Way have plans of their own, and they won't let two Fairleaf children stand in the way of an abduction attempt.