The death of the High King’s only son initiates the King Trials; demanding the eldest pureblood from each Regnum. The Hera, Adalia Valwa, is the only female among eight other Herems. With no brother to take her stead, she is blood-bound to compete in the King Trials to safeguard her family’s lands and titles. In order to circumvent tragedy, she must not only participate, but she must triumph. However, this is no easy feat, she is faced against ruthless rivals, dangerous mythological beings and creatures, forced to fight in bloody duels with an onslaught of death-defying challenges that forges a woman into a warrior. A chronicle of duty and bravery, a story brimming with riveting action, an enemies-to-lovers romance with war-provoking betrayals that reveal they are all pawns in a much larger game.