The king of Tarshish summons a secret meeting of all the noble kings from kingdoms near and far, putting forth the idea of a secret pact. In order to preserve their kingdoms, each king reluctantly agrees to fake the death of their next born child, secretly placing them in a cottage where they will be taught the virtues needed to be an honorable and effective ruler. As the children grow older, Judoc and his Night Invaders continue their assaults on the kingdoms. When Judoc claims the throne of Magog and turns his sights on Tarshish, young Zora is forced into battle. With the help of her best friend, Sundiata, Zora uses her head and her heart to defeat Judoc and save the kingdom of Tarshish.

In Norris Bloom's third book of the Crowns and Kingdoms series, Sundiata receives a letter from his best friend, Queen Zora. He knows at once that he must leave the cottage in Tarshish and travel to the far away kingdom of Nok on the dark continent. Sundiata finds the medieval kingdom of Nok vastly different from that of Tarshish, particularly for the people of Nok, who live in constant fear of a ghost ship that takes people in the night. As Sundiata unravels the mystery of the ghost ship, he befriends Princess Tahtahme and helps solve the mystery of her missing twin brother.

The fourth book of Norris Bloom's Crowns and Kingdoms series follows Adela as she reluctantly agrees to travel with Aegis of Bohemia to his distant kingdom. Once there, she discovers that Bohemia is a poor nomadic kingdom with many unusual customs. Unable to refuse the crown, she becomes the queen of the gypsies, but struggles to solve the problems facing the Bohemian people. Far worse, gypsy code demands that she be married within a year. Adela's worst fears become reality when she realizes that her future is solely in the hands of the drabarni—the wise couple of the kingdom.