After almost six years of her father’s death, sixteen year old Ingrid Passalwane seeks revenge on the murderer, the tyrant of the country. Armed with nerves, brains, and aid from a mysterious cursed forest, she faces the daunting task. However, killing the king won’t end the oppression he has seeded. The greed for silver has reached an alarming height and the monster of oppression is coming for her. When the city she calls home is on the brink of doom, Ingrid, along with the city folk, must confront a horde of iron-armored horsemen to save it from impending captivity. But once the battle has begun, she knows she cannot step back, and, more importantly, she cannot fail. For defeat means death.