Gloriana is ready to graduate when she receives a letter from her brother Mikhail that will change everything. She must leave behind all that has become familiar and travel across the sea to join her brother on a dangerous quest to find out what really happened to their family and to reclaim their true identities as royalty. When she was a small child, the Kingdom of Availlon was destroyed. And along with it her parents and home. When her journey takes a dangerous turn, she must put her trust in an unlikely ally--the dark, handsome maja Diymon Rayke. Diymon is a maja. At least he was, until magic was banned by the Council of Kings. And he is in trouble. He was left for dead in a forest. And he can't remember who he is or who his enemies are. He is rescued by local peasants who tell him that his past was dark--even evil. They tell him his path to the truth lies in completing a dangerous mission. He is to act as protector of a beautiful young woman he has never met. He soon realizes that Gloriana may truly be his only chance at redemption. Will he risk everything to save her? To save himself?