The new king of Kyralia, Tobias Raven, is determined to keep his country from crumbling. However, Vian, a thief from the city of Trudgerghast, has other ideas. Tobias seems to have enemies on all sides; the Lobalenn, a group of women who want him dead, and Vian with his crew, determined to steal his one chance at winning this war. Will he be able to keep his country and crown? Or will he fall like his ancestors?