Publisher's Synopsis
When the King of Lyonesse is assassinated his fiery daughter, Catherine, heiress to the throne, is taken to Aquitane, where she is raised in the courts and given two ladies-in-waiting to rule her household and protect her from all who conspire against her. As the time when 16-year-old Catherine must return to Lyonesse approaches, she has many dangerous enemies. There are people who want her to go there as a puppet bride, and others who want her to go there as a corpse. But they know nothing of the capabilities of Catherine and her ladies.
