Fifteen-year-old Ari Ara is returning to the Riverlands to take up her duties as royal heir. Nervous and excited, she leaps into the heart-pounding tests that will prove she’s worthy of the throne. But hidden dangers lurk beneath the rituals of the Ordeal of Queens. Ancestor spirits haunt her. Nightmares plague her. When her dedication to peace comes into conflict with the warriors, Ari Ara stands to lose everything. Will she risk the crown, her love, even her life for what she believes?