"Try to keep up..."Princess Katherine of Caledon has grown up knowing that she must marry well for her country's sake. However, when her father suddenly thrusts this fate upon her, intending to marry her off to the crown prince of Langdon in exchange for a treaty granting peace between their nations for the first time in nearly four hundred years, Kate refuses to be handed to the enemy like a prize horse. Before her father can send her away to strangers, she flees Caledon Castle. But Kate's choice costs the lives of countless innocents, and before long, she must try to enforce the treaty she so despised before Langdon and Zandor join forces against Caledon to drive it into the sea...