"At the point when kingdoms' ideas of humanity differ..."
The nation of Diachona is celebrating the twentieth birthday and rite of passage for Constance, the Diachonian king's daughter and heir. Yet, the pause for festivity doesn't erase collective doubts about Constance's aspiration for a place with the men on the National Council, nor does it eliminate fears roused by oppressive threats from a neighboring, powerful empire. Amid increasing rumors of war and personal misgivings about her own future, Constance deems this an inopportune time to be falling in love with one Commander Alexander. Will Providence keep them all through international tensions and the changing of times, or is Diachona watching its territory in vain?