Meren isn't the stand-in princess anymore-she's earned the title of Queen of Aryd. Even if most of her people don't know it and she's not actually in Aryd at the moment. Things can't get any worse. King Eidolon possesses her throne, her amulet, and her Shadowraith. Meanwhile, she's stuck on the run with a ragtag group of warriors and friends, wielding a nymph's curse that grants her a power not her own, holding on to a promise to get Reven back, and.struggling to contain the evil he left inside her.