Decades after the battle of Terrasen and Erawan's defeat, Marion Lochan, daughter of Elide Lochan and Lorcan Salvaterre, inherited the power of Death from her father. After a tragic incident with her friend Sage and a Terrasen general, Marion decides to diminish her power in order to save her country from a threat, herself. But she must work with the pompous and self centered prince of Terrasen, Rhoe Whitethorn Galathynius. As Marion becomes a learner of Wyrdmarks under Rhoe's tutelage, she realizes that there is more than meets the eye in regards to the prince... and herself. Will Marion be able to live up to her role as Future Lady or Perranth or is she destined for something greater?