Adenin has been raising his 8 daughters by himself for 3 years since his wife Senna passed of a virus that destroyed 4 neighbouring villages in a little under a year. Arden, his oldests, at just 17 is the youngest archer in the kings army and the only girl. It was her birth right to be able to join even though traditionally the first boy of the kings war advisor is supposed to hold the position Arden's father Adenin had all girls so Arden being the oldest started training at 6. On Adren's 18th birthday she will be done training and required to join the King's rankings leaving her younger sisters to fend for themselves when her and thier father are gone on missions for the King... if she gets that far. Arden has an unimaginable power at her fingertips and she doesn't even know it, along with a destiny she was unknowingly gifted with at birth. How will she balance all the responsibility and unseen events that are about to bombard her once routine life? Following behind her is Tamsyn who is 16 has been left with most of the motherly duties the past 3 years as she is the second oldest and Arden spends almost all of her time training or studying, with everything from the cooking to the cleaning to taking care of the younger siblings. Then there's the twins Baylin and Belleann who are 15 they are the troublemakers if nothing else. Ellasandra at 14 is the most scholarly one loving mathematics and helping keep the family's finances in line. Makenna at 13 loves to be under Arden and aspires to be an archer like her sister and father. Bronwyn and Rowyn are the second set of twins and are the youngest at 10.