Almost all of the siblings had scattered into the lands many seasons past, drawn by the gift, to study and to become . . . something. Sar'al, First Princess of Nu'vern, suddenly crowned "The Queen of the Seven Lands," has been directed to do a thing which she must do . . . unite all the folk of the other lands, convince them to accept her as their Queen. In all the history of Nu'vern, this had never before happened. She had been told why this was necessary and that she "should considered this as a learning experience " And so, the tale unfolds.