As her father’s heir, Helaine is trying to disentangle political demands and religious beliefs. It’s a time of change, where the Medieval world is fading and the Renaissance is pushing at its heels. Helaine is bound by the subtle code of her love for her father and the demands of obligation to him. But it’s a rivalry with her childhood friend that tips her over into rebellion, and into finding a greater joy than she had ever dreamed existed. She meets legendary figures out of a time of myth and magic, a unicorn and his wild boy who are wandering and lost in her present day and time…