Margerite’s defeat of the sorceress Ortlieb, unwittingly earning her the rank of Princess in the Order of Lightbearers, puts her company into greater peril and brings them to the attention of the Inquisition. Now she struggles to maintain her deception within the Order, defend her company from the Papal investigators, and stave off her step-son’s attempts to bring her powers under his control by annulling her marriage. Can she continue the masquerade without imperiling her soul, or will she drag everyone down with her?