"The heir to the Land should be strong. Fierce. Ruthless. Everything Beau is not, according to his father. Beau has spent his whole life locked away, useless, just another pawn in his father's quest for ultimate power. Until Beau meets a girl who shows him the secrets his father has kept hidden and reveals just how brutal and merciless his reign has been. For the first time ever, Beau begins to question everything he's been told and sets off in search of a rebel who might hold the answer to making things right. All the while, sinister forces are lurking in the shadows, and the future of the Land and its people hangs perilously in the balance. Beau soon realizes that the key may be within himself - but only if he can find the power to go from pawn to player and save the Land before it's torn apart. Debut author Alysa Wishingrad weaves a poignant tale about how appearances aren't always what they seem and how real power can come from the most unlikely places." - Cover.