Imriel de la Courcel\'s birth parents are history\'s most reviled traitors, but his adoptive parents, the Comtesse Phedre and the warrior-priest Joscelin, are Terre d\'Ange\'s greatest champions.
When a simple act of friendship traps Imriel in a besieged city where the infamous Melisande is worshiped as a goddess and where a dead man leads an army, the Prince must face his greatest test: to find his true self..
As he comes of age, plagued by unwanted desires, Imriel shares their fears.
Others because they fear he has inherited his mother\'s irresistible allure---and her dangerous gifts.
Some despise him out of hatred for his mother, Melisande, who nearly destroyed the entire realm in her quest for power.
It is a court steeped in deeply laid conspiracies---and there are many who would see the young prince dead.
Stolen, tortured and enslaved as a young boy, Imriel is now a Prince of the Blood; third in line for the throne in a land that revels in art, beauty and desire.
Imriel de la Courcel\'s birth parents are history\'s most reviled traitors, but his adoptive parents, the Comtesse Phedre and the warrior-priest Joscelin, are Terre d\'Ange\'s greatest champions
