"Sonnia dreams of the day when she has saved up enough money from her family's barely surviving pony-ride business to buy Ricochet, the horse she adores at the king's stables. Few men from her side of town ever get to work with horses, though, and for a girl, it is almost unheard of. When her beloved Ricochet is moved to the racetrack across town, Sonnia follows him and lands a job taking care of horses. Now she can live near Ricochet and earn enough...

War-torn and regicidal, all five kingdoms must confront the power-mad king who is determined to seize control of the continent and kill newly crowned Queen Amarande and Luca, her one true love, in the process.

When a young lad strays into bad behavior and thieving, he soon finds himself in Borstal prison for young men, lonely and without hope. But when Mr. Alfie, who manages the stables, asks him to care for and tame a damaged horse, both are given a second chance. Could this "bad lad's" skill with horses help him follow his dreams?