As a decorated soldier, the young General Tao knows only
one kind of honor -- to his people. But when his own king
betrays him, he discovers that his sacrifices, his
successes, may not have been for the good of the country
at all.
Fate -- and his enemies -- throw him together with
Elsabeth, a red-haired beauty who has served as the royal
tutor, though her loyalties remain with her father's
people, the rebellious Kurel, who worship the old ways,
even harboring the forbidden arks that brought their
people to this planet ages ago. When a threat greater than
their peoples' wars looms, intent on destroying the world
they both know, the fierce warrior and the sensitive
scholar must unite. Together, they must fight for their
planet, for their world, and for their love.