Olathe Orlebar grows up poor outside the kingdom of Mortimave. When her sickly mother dies, her drunken father drunkly spouts off that Olathe can spin hay into gold at a pub. He is overheard by a Messenger of King Ulmer Mortimer and the messenger takes her away to spin for the King. She must deceive the king to survive, or be executed. Things lighten when she is visited by a charming wizard in the night who spins her hay. But when Olathe confesses her love for the prince, he refuses. Now Olathe must choose, Marry Prince Warric her love and face a bloody war, or Marry Erwin Stilskin and have a life of ease, or will she? Will Olathe go through with the pact? Or will a bloody battle of man against magic thrive grimly throughout the kingdom of Mortimave? Story contains violent themes
24 parts