ALL HAIL THE QUEEN! After a lifetime of scheming, and the success of capturing Vishnue at the Battle of Nellaun, Queen Reinna holds all the cards, and her agenda has just begun. Half of Oenai's crew is dead, and the other half must train a group of untried misfits during the maiden voyage of the Shepherd, under the direction of their one-eyed Captain. Iesslian has betrayed his wife, Vishnue, and turned her over to his mother, the self-proclaimed Queen of the Realm, who is only returning Vishnue to Renou for her public execution. In response to Iesslian's heinous betrayal, Oenai has locked him up, and now finds that she must place her trust in the most unlikely of allies as she endeavors to rescue her friend and leader. And what happened to the citizens of Renou? Her family? Where is Uncle Garrien and her sister Meera? Are they even alive? Oenai's journey is just beginning, and where she goes, tragedy is sure to follow. Can an Earthling really prove to be honorable? Or is Oenai putting her trust in the wrong hands?