Wyl Thirsk, loyal soldier of Morgravia, has seen his best friend slain, his sister tortured, and his mother sent to certain death, all at the hands of his sovereign, the cruel and manipulative King Celimus. Now Celimus, believing himself to be rid of the moral constraints of the Thirsk influence, has turned his greedy eye to expansion… And Morgravia’s neighboring kingdom, ruled by the spirited, but inexperienced queen Valentyna. As Celimus pressures Valentyna into a doomed political marriage, Wyl endeavors desperately to preserve both the honor of his country and the freedom of the woman he loves. But fate has other plans for him. Despite his friends and loved ones, becoming increasingly tangled in the evil machinations of King Celimus, the war with the dread Northern Kingdom appears eminent, and Valentyna is poised to succumb to Morgravia’s oily rule, Wyl must leave behind all he knows and cares about and travel into the land from which none returned, seeking out the beast of Myrren‘s sinister gift.