After losing Rodden at the last Turning, Zeraphina is alone. Or she would be, if her mother and Prince Folsum would just leave her in peace. The prince, blind in one eye after an attack by Zeraphina's brant, has taken up residence in her home and is insisting she marry him. When an accident befalls him, Zeraphina flees - straight into the arms of a waiting harming. Now a captive, she discovers she's being taken to Lharmell. But not to be executed...