A plague is sweeping throughout Avalon. Clancy Donovan's sister has died and now her brother is sick too. Official word is that a cure is on its way, but they're lying and Clancy knows it.
To find an antidote someone must travel into enemy territory--an act forbidden by the Queen herself. As future chief of her clan, Clancy has vowed on pain of death, to obey the laws of Avalon and uphold her family's code of honour.
Now, to save her brother she must break that promise, disobey the Queen as well as the laws of Avalon and risk losing the chieftainship. Clancy must become, defiant.