King Constantine, High King of the Eight Realms, has been murdered! Angelique, Constantine's niece and heir to the throne, has been accused of his murder. She commands the armies of the Realm of the High Kingdom, and she is accused of staging a coup to become the new High Queen. Her soldiers don't believe she is responsible, but they have orders to arrest her and bring her before Princess Telise, Angelique's half-sister and acting ruler of the Realm of the High Kingdom. Fearing for her life, Angelique and a handful of her loyal soldiers make their way to Riverstone, where the tavern owner agrees to help her. He summons the questers to help prove Angelique's innocence before Telise, takes power. The questers don't have much time to complete their quest. Half of Angelique's soldiers remain loyal to her while the other half are trying to arrest her. The armies of the other realms are beginning to mobilize for war, threatening to break the peace that has lasted for thousands of years. Even the Portal Keepers are struggling to find a way to help prevent a civil war that will destroy the eight realms and plunge their world into chaos. In this final installment of The Quester Trilogy, Award-winning author W. B. Speir concludes the spicy romantic saga of the questers as they fight to help save Angelique's world, to save each other, and to return home safely.