Chased by an evil prince, Achan, Vrell, and the Kingsguard knights flee into Darkness, where they must free an army that can help them fight for Er'Rets.

Achan, born a slave and gifted with "bloodvoicing," wishes to escape his life of servitude where he is forced to consume a foul potion daily, and accepts an offer to be trained for the Kingsguard, but as the voices in his head grow, Vrell Sparrow, who hides by dressing like a boy, helps him learn to control his newfound ability.

In medieval England, Mazy tries to find her place in the world and meets a friendly knight, Sir Berenger.

"In a reverse twist on the Robin Hood story, a young medieval maiden stands up for the rights of the mistreated, stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but she never anticipates falling in love with the wealthy knight who represents all she's come to despise"--

She was an orphan of no importance... He was an ordinary knight serving the baron...Suddenly the kingdom depends on both of them.

Aidan's new friend Antoinette is called to the Realm, but when she arrives to rescue Robby through his Glimpse-twin, the place is in turmoil and she must decide whether to stay loyal to the one true king or join the evil side.

Due to her parents' promise at her birth, Lady Rosemarie has been prepared to become a nun on the day she turns eighteen. Then, shortly before her birthday, a friend of her father's enters the kingdom and proclaims her parents' will left a second choice -- if Rosemarie can marry before the eve of her eighteenth year, she will be exempt from the ancient vow. Before long, Rosemarie is presented with the three most handsome and brave knights in the land....

All of the knights in the kingdom are in the Great Pie Games and Princess Petunia gets to choose the winner.

In medieval England, nineteen-year-old Audrey, the daughter of English nobility and facially scarred by her abusive, mentally ill sister, seeks God's protection when she runs away from an arranged marriage proposal, to find true love, safety, and a purpose to her life.

A king devises a frightful final competition for the three knights who have excelled in the quest for the hand of his daughter, who possesses incomparable inner and outer beauty, in order to determine which is truly worthy of her love.