At age six, Tasya's mother was murdered and her twin brother kidnapped by priestesses of the Order. At eight she was sent by her father to become handmaid to the blind princess, and a spy in the royal court. Nearly sixteen years later, the old Queen dies and the fragile princess is poised to become Queen. Tasya will be forced to choose between the princess she loves and the father she serves.Meanwhile, the gods have problems of their own. It will be no easy task for them to save their favorite humans from extinction, and themselves from permanent exile.