Carissi is a mistake. 1/2 elf and 1/2 dwarf she does not belong with either race, no place to call home. Her mother, an elf, died in childbirth. Her father died trying to regain the Mines of Moria with the dwarves of Erebor. However, when she is forced to join Thorin Oakenshield and his company who seek to reclaim the Lonely Mountain, she will have to decide where she belongs. And which prince, elf or dwarf, truly holds her heart.