Book 3 in the Seven Kingdoms Chronicles. In this sequel to The Crown of Eden, Thomas Williams takes the reader back to the mythical world of the Seven Kingdoms with a compelling medieval story of freedom, justice, and forbidden love. When political conspirators murder his father, Prince Lanson of Lochlaund flees for his life. He becomes the protector of a beautiful tavern maid who is hiding from the moral condemnation of the powerful Lochlaund Kirk, a religious establishment ruled by a lecherous bishop which has a stranglehold on the kingdom. Ultimately Lanson must decide whether to give the woman over to the kirk's legalistic justice or defy the kirk and save her life by wedding her—a choice which could lead to a holy war