On her return trip from the northern lands, Princess Angelterra secures a mysterious and highly coveted relic. In an effort to unravel the relic’s importance, Angelterra realizes she must set aside her private quest as the Vessel and once again leave her homeland on a new and totally unexpected adventure. Angelterra, her knight protectorate, Jeela, and a few others set out on what should have been a quiet journey of discovery when their path suddenly collides with the enemy’s war machine. During their escape, the princess and her small company are flung far off their original route and then unceremoniously dumped into an unfamiliar tropical paradise…a place that will play a much greater role in her new adventure than Angelterra first realizes. All the while, she and her traveling companions are hunted by a dangerous and tenacious sorcerer and his hideous beast, malevolent operatives of Shutharja. Although she’s uncertain of where she will finally end up in this venture, Angelterra believes, with all her heart, that she—and her friends—are headed towards something that may turn out to be an important key to her fight to free her homeland. A key that will unlock her’s and her people’s future by unleashing a force from the distant past.

Princess Angelterra is convinced that an ancient bracelet has the power to show her the way to the next part of her vision dream quest: a search for the White Tear, a charm she hopes will help tip the balance in her people’s fight for survival against the evil sorcerer, Shutharja. At the urging of her magic and under the guidance of the bracelet, Angelterra sets off alone to an unknown destination somewhere among the mysterious northern kingdoms. Along the way, the Princess is adopted by a lost little girl. Out of compassion, the Princess is moved to bring the child with her on her dangerous journey through the snow-covered lands of the North, hoping to reunite the child with the girl’s missing family. Soon, she and her tiny ward find themselves enlisted to guide a grand expedition to capture a legendary and elusive monster. During this hunt, Angelterra is thrust into the crux of a great struggle for the heart and soul of the Suzerain of the Beast. Meanwhile, her lady knight, Jeela, races against time to track down the Princess of Palzintine before a king’s assassin finds her first, as Angelterra has become an unwitting pawn between two warring kingdoms.