Royal twins, torn apart by betrayal, escape into a new land to begin again. Seane, the elder, claimed the crown. Eryic, the younger, turned to forbidden magic?and became known as the Dark Magician. When a golden ring whispered a prophecy that the princess would destroy him by her eighteenth year, Eryic made a chilling decision: to survive, he must eliminate his niece. And if he's going to spill royal blood... he might as well claim the throne too. In a world of secrets and shadows, Princess Ameroy's fate is written in magic?but she's not going down without a fight.