After the death of virtually all of her family in the battle of Camlan, Goewin — Princess of Britain, daughter of the High King Artos — makes a desperate journey to African Aksum, to meet with Constantine, the British ambassador and her husband-to-be. But Aksum has its own political turmoil, and Goewin's relationship with Priamos, Aksum's ambassador to Britain makes her position more than precarious. Caught between two countries, with the power to transform or end lives, Goewin fights to find and claim her place in a world that has suddenly, irrevocably changed.