Keett is finding life on the Great Plains fraught with peril. Giant animals, raiders, torrential thunderstorms, and scarce food and water must be overcome just to survive, let alone trek hundreds of miles through the wilderness. Beyond the plains lie the dangerous, forbidding peaks of the Rocky Mountains, where a single misstep can mean death.
Trouble is brewing among Keett and her friends. Tension mounts as new relationships form and deepen. On a mountain pass, Ane's jealousy of Kassandra boils over, forcing Keett to choose between her oldest friend and her girlfriend.
Arriving in Elisia, the elven capital, Keett is ensnared in an ancient prophecy to make her ruler. Refusing to compromise her principles, Keett wants to remake Elisia, unaware that her ideals will cost her someone near and dear to her heart.
