A forbidden forest, hiding mysterious ruins and ancient sorceries.

A royal family, torn apart by jealousy and betrayal.

A legendary creature, whose appearance may save them all—or destroy the world.

Welcome to the Mirrenwood...

The royal physician Zimenes is in a bind: his most important patient—and his best friend—King Adalmund is gravely ill and wasting away. A cure exists, but the medicine requires the powdered horn of a unicorn. But the king has sealed off the Mirrenwood forest, and refuses to allow the unicorn to be hunted, despite his friend's urgent pleas.
Everything changes when Adalmund's daughter Vialle returns to the kingdom. Zimenes taught the young princess to read and write and cast the cards, but he hasn't seen her since she left to continue her schooling. Vialle is determined to take charge of her father's cure: she has hired hunters, horses, and hounds, and she persuades her father to open the Mirrenwood. She will be the lure, the "maiden of noble blood" required to draw the unicorn from hiding.
Will the hunters find the creature they seek? Will they heal their king, and repair the fractured kingdom? Or does the maze-like Mirrenwood have its own twisted desires? Join Zimenes, Vialle, and their companions on an epic quest that will take them into the dark heart of the Mirrenwood—and beyond.