Queen Verona of Val Maradas and her daughter Princess Telanna are captured by wolfish monsters known as vooers. Verona's son Prince Gilliam escapes and, with the help of two fugitives, tries to find his father, who will try to rescue his family. Inside the den of the vooers Verona tries to escape and discovers the hardship of vooer imprisonment. Meanwhile, Marcus is training to become a Carerro, a bodyguard to the King of Val Maradas. During his trials to become an elite warrior of the king he finds out that there is more to the abduction of Queen Verona and Princess Telanna than anyone had...