Journeying from her native land to ensure that the child king of Rossacotta will live to be a man, Nimnestl stays clear of the intrigues and rivalries that swirl about the throne but soon finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy. Original.

Amid the treachery, intrigues, and perils of the kingdom of Rossacotta, Nimnestl, a royal bodyguard, struggles to protect her charge, the child King, from would-be assassins, as well as from a complex plot that has penetrated the palace walls. Original.

Nimnestl, a powerful woman warrior serving as the king's bodyguard, and Polijn, a minstrel, try to uproot a powerful conspiracy that threatens the reign of the boy-king Conan, a conspiracy that is using the unsuspecting Polijn. Original.