Wynter moorehawke has braved bandits and loup-garous to find her way to alberon-the exiled, rebel prince. But now that she's there, she will learn firsthand that politics is a deadly mistress. With the king and his heir ...Wynter moorehawke has braved bandits and loup-garous to find her way to alberon-the exiled, rebel prince. But now that she's there, she will learn firsthand that politics is a deadly mistress. With the king and his heir on the edge of war and alliances made with deadly enemies, the kingdom is torn not just by civil war - but strife between the various factions as well.