Seraphina is the daughter of the Duke of Arturaria, but haunted by trauma from her childhood, she decides to become a nun to escape the raging war that is about to sweep over the kingdom.
Jautouwahans, barbaric conquerors, have sworn to turn every lake into a pool of tears, and every city into a pile of ash. They start a plague that eats away innocent lives across the kingdoms, and Seraphina is faced with a crippling thought.
She could save lives…but if she leaves the abbey, it could be at the cost of her own life.
 
Meanwhile, her cousin, Prince Owen, is tired of his stuffy royal life, constant book learning, and overbearing father. He runs away from home and joins a knighthood. When he stumbles upon vital information that could win the war against the Jautouwahans, he’s faced with a decision. Should he give up his quest for manhood and possibly save the Coeurlish Islands from total destruction?
For years the inhabitants of the Coeurlish Islands tried to find peace among themselves and now it seems as if that’s the only option if they want to defeat their common enemy.
Forgotten enemies lurk in the shadows, and disease leaves no life untouched. How will the Coeurlish defeat the Jautouwahans and also defeat the hate in their own hearts?