As young Hippolyte comes of age, Queen Hippolyta's realm is facing a new threat after many years of peace. A small army of unknown warriors, led by a general who seems not far short of totally insane, is robbing and burning villages, and killing the villagers.

Will Hippolyte's inexperience prove disastrous when she leads her mother's armies to try to save the villages and destroy the invaders? Will she rely on the help and advice of her barbarian hunters, or will she think that she already knows it all? How will the other Amazon Queens react to having Hippolyte in command?

But someone else is attacking these new invaders. Can anyone really accept that just one warrior has stealthily attacked and disposed of hundreds of them? And, if that is true, is this person a threat to the Amazons as well as to their enemies?