Taken in as a small child, Dani faced life's hard truths early when her mother left her in the care of her closest friend, Queen Clara Demontier, and her family. Forced to endure salacious gossip, the pangs of friendships gone awry, and the woes of navigating life wondering why her mother left her, Dani finally finds her chance to make a name for herself in the Gauntlet.

A competition as old as Imeria herself, the Gauntlet will pit Dani against the best of the best warriors- friend and foe. But it's not only surviving the Gauntlet that will test Dani. Loyalty, trust, forgiveness, and her need to do right by her adopted family will push Dani to confront the fears and worries she has long repressed.

With time pressing against her and a failing Accords of the Kingdoms going up in flames, Dani must choose whether to listen to her heart, or her head because it is not only her life on the line now. It's everyones'.