Seventeen year old Riane has everything. She lives in comfort, never goes hungry, has plenty of friends and a loving family. Being the princess of a thriving kingdom, Riane believes that she leads a perfect life, until disaster strikes the bustling merchant community.
A plague has taken the kingdom. First it was a sickness; a small nuisance causing some to miss a hard day's work at the farms. Then, travelling merchants would return with the new sickness, and the only way to stop it is to sell off the princess to the highest bidder to fund the cure. Riane uncovers the past she never suspected she had, makes unstable alliances with those she despises, and all this she must do without losing her sense of self. Can Riane rebuild an entire kingdom alone, or will she crack under the pressure?