Star-Trooper, Lt. Charlotte 'Charly' Black, is leading a delicate mission to extract a suspected assassin from the midst of the Oloote of Bacsheer. No one, least of all her, expected to get swept up in a serious political situation, but that was exactly what happened and almost the moment the 'gods' stepped off of their ship and into the midst of the barbarians. 

The King was dying and he'd decreed that whichever of his sons was wed at the time of his death would inherit the throne. If neither was married, the realm would be divided between the two sons.

Prince Damek decides the 'goddess' Charlotte will suit him just fine. They will wed and breed little half gods to rule the realm.

Prince Galen decides to steal the bride to prevent his older brother from inheriting.

For Charlotte, it's a seriously uh-oh moment to find herself the center of an intergalactic incident of epic proportions.