One look at Uric's mother and his fiancees run screaming. Known as the Ogress, her fearsome reputation is almost scarier than Uric's own. So when his queen sends him on a quest to bring back a healer rumored to be a witch, he can't resist taking the beauty home. Surely a witch is more than a match for an ogre.... Duty bound to serve her queen, Ceylon is still not happy to travel with Lord Uric, the queen's berserker. His prowess in battle is legend, and then there are the rumors about his mother.... Determined to elude his romantic pursuit, she accepts his escort to Queenstown, unknowingly riding straight into an intrigue that will rock her nation."