Amelia Sutton awakens inside the novel she recently read, trapped as a disposable extra. Her infertile husband, Carey Abbott, forces her to bear a child to secure his title. She makes a daring choice by selecting the future Emperor, the blind musician Ansel Sinclair. Armed with knowledge of the story, Amelia shifts from pawn to player. She becomes the obsession of the man destined to rule as a tyrant.