In the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, King William commands one of his bachelor knights, Sir Robert Alain de Bellencombre to marry the Saxon heiress to an estate near London, Lady Kendra of Edgarburh. But a growing evil overshadows everyone, invoking dark forces and ensnaring Kendra in a plot to overthrow the king Alain is oath-bound to serve. Kendra and Alain face a battle unlike any other as their honor, their love, their lives, and even their very souls lie in the balance.