Princess Yetta faces a forced marriage to Alistair Belmont, expecting a life of hardship with a brutish husband. She discovers the so-called worthless stones are pure jade and the broken carts conceal endless herds. Alistair is no tribesman but the Emperor of the mighty Daurevia Empire. While her sister flaunts a royal wedding, Yetta enters a world of secrets. Every lie unravels a truth more dazzling than the last.
