Life is a game. With some it plays cards, with others dice, and with young Alexandra, the Emperor’s illegitimate daughter, it has decided to play chess. For high stakes. Numerous clans long to see a pawn on the throne. The Council of Keepers wants a queen. How is a young princess to distinguish sincerity from falsehood, and love from political game? How can she avoid burning in the fire of a red autumn from childhood, and is it worth running far from the ice that suddenly flared up with a blue flame?
The pieces are set on the board. The princess has been assigned the role of a pawn. Is that really so?
Well then, into battle?