Queen Caralissa has hair of red and nerves of steel, but when a powerful enemy captures her, she soon learns what it is to submit. The barbarian warlord Varik makes Caralissa his slave, and to her horror she finds herself yielding to his training, becoming his obedient pet. Ransomed by her people, Caralissa thinks the worst is over, but she soon learns that her sister Romila, and Romila's lover, Telos, have conspired against her. A mockery of a trial...