Lady Ayesha Manderly is born of fire and sea, the only daughter of Princess Aulora Targaryen and Lord Desmond Manderly. When she arrives in King's Landing for the grand tourney celebrating the birth of the long-awaited heir, Ayesha is meant to be a mere courtly ornament-beautiful, noble, well-mannered. But fate has sharper plans. As death strikes both queen and heir, the realm is thrown into uncertainty. In the chaos, her uncle, King Viserys, names young Rhaenyra his heir. But Ayesha, guided by the cold ambition of her mother and her own burning desire to rise, sets her eyes on a greater prize: the Iron Throne itself. But power in Westeros comes with a price, and the game of thrones spares no one.