At the moment tyrannical King Aegron the Cruel was assassinated, each of his children was struck by a different dark curse.
Five years later, the Dark Kingdom is struggling to survive.
Once, Prince Darian of Darkhar was renowned for his charm and the silver-tongued charisma that allowed him to glide effortlessly through court, getting his way in all things.
Then the curse struck, leaving him with useless wings and an even more disturbing secret. In the five years since, he'd become a brooding recluse, hiding away from the world in the Observatory's tower.
Now, though, deteriorating relations with the neighboring kingdom of Ythar force him from his solitude to deal with the diplomatic crisis. And the ordeal is compounded by the arrival of the woman he'd forced himself to walk away from years ago. The woman his heart had never forgotten.