The story begins when Queen Regina Baratheon, the heavy-handed and hedonistic ruler of the Seven Queendoms, travels north to Winterfell to ask her oldest friend, The Honorable Warden of the North Edith "Nedra" Stark, to serve as the Hand of the Queen. Nedra’s husband, Caelen Stark, the fierce Lord-Consort of Winterfell, remains behind to protect their daughters and sons while Nedra is pulled into a viper’s nest of intrigue in Queen’s Landing.
At the heart of the conflict is the "Prince Consort," Cernei Lannister, a golden-haired man of unparalleled ambition who protects his secret twin sister, Jaimie Lannister, the "Kingslayer" and member of the Queensguard. Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, the exiled Visenya Targaryen prepares to sell her younger brother, Daenor, to a powerful Dothraki Khaleesi in exchange for an army to take back her birthright.
