Natasha, wayward daughter of nobles in the castle of a long-ago king, she wants only a horse and her freedom from the court. But Prince Vassily, seeing her wild beauty, tries to ravish her and is attacked by her dogs. Natasha is disgraced and banished. Then an ancient stone comes to her, full of mysterious power. The Kindred, last of a primordial line, the chosen of the Earth Mother, hidden in the wilds of faraway Silverisle. These few stand between the earth and her destruction. Now a cataclysm threatens their land and only Natasha can save them from certain death. But first she must unravel...

In this sequel to Natasha, the wildhearted young noblewomen races to save her blood brother Pieter who is in thrall to i Sing, heathen princess of the East. i Sing has murdered Pieter's family and now, with Pieter's Army and the power of an evil talisman, she plans to destroy Kingsland. But Natasha has beenbanished from Kingscastle and i Sing's minions seek Natasha and the Sister Stone. With the help of her friends, Natasha devises a plan to infiltrate the inner circle of the castle where she learns that i Sing plots a far greater destruction than just Kingsland. But will Natasha be in time...