When everything seems to go wrong. Is it because God has forgotten that he loves his children? In the year 1405, Aidan mak Brian the Red is murdered. Orfhlait ní Sorcer, daughter of the king, believes that it is her fault that Aidan died. After all, God has forgotten that He loves her, therefore laying a curse not only on her life, but on the lives of her friends. Sentenced to the convent because of a hasty vow made before her birth, Orfhlait struggles with her position in life as a nun - a woman who should never be a nun. Now, she has the opportunity to prove not only to herself that she is worthy of love, but to God Himself that she is worthy of His love. Yet following the trail to Aidan's killer uncovers darkness in her father's kingdom. The selling of Christians was outlawed by the pope, but people are captured and sold into slavery in the Five Kingdoms. Who are these merchants that purchase nothing from monks? Why do the monks sleep away from the safety of monastery and castle? Not all is as it seems in Eire . . . and Orfhlait ní Sorcer plans to learn why . . . even if it means her life for then she would finally be free.