Many years ago, the once-unified kingdom fractured into thirteen independent courts. And each of them needed its own ruler.
It’s hard to imagine anyone less suited for the role of a fairy queen than Rissa. A half-blood who has been living in exile for several centuries, the last of her kind, she категорically refuses to accept the crown.
Rydekarr, the King of the Unkind Lands, intends to proclaim the girl the High Queen and unite the realms, so they can jointly stand against their common enemy.
Wanting to protect her people and not condemn herself to a cruel fate, Rissa goes to the Wild Lands to find a more worthy claimant to the throne—the cursed prince Tarsen.
High in the mountains of the Enchanted Forest, bound by spells, the heir of the first Good Queen has spent many years in an eternal sleep—the last one still capable of safeguarding the fairy lands.
Surviving encounters with savage tribes and waking the prince seems far easier than accepting the legacy and leading an entire fairy kingdom.