When handsome Prince Hugh falls in love with the beautiful swordsman Briar, his father will do anything to drive them apart. Tortured by a vicious king because he dared love his son, Briar is sent to the forest for execution only to be rescued by the feared women warriors of Gildenhyte. In a world where only the strongest survive, three unstoppable loves emerge from the wreckage of an evil ruler's manipulations to forever change the kingdom of Alistwall.