The city of Troy is at war because of a crime committed by none other than one of their own princes. Paris's actions affect everyone inside the city walls- including two particular women. Princess Hero is the youngest of King Priam and Queen Hecuba's children. She was only seven years old when the war came. Now a young woman, she feels trapped- trapped inside the palace and by the prospect of marriage when she would rather be an unmarried priestess. She desperately wants the war to be over. When a poorly executed strategy ends with her a prisoner at the Achaean camp, she is presented with a new opportunity. Now, the crafty Trojan princess works to sabotage the enemy from the inside. Since Adrasteia was twelve years old, she has worked as the palace apothecary. However, when Princess Cassandra's mind turned on her, Adrasteia was reassigned to be her caretaker. Now, nine years into the bloody war, she notices that Cassandra's hysterical ramblings are starting to line up with what is happening in real life. Upon this realization, she must reckon that perhaps her ward's ramblings really are prophetic and not just the crazed words of a mad woman.