Shadowy sentinels guard a princess prophesied to save a kingdom on the brink. An old enemy reaches out from beyond death as Princess Freyja and her secret love, Ambrose, seek to contact a hidden civilization for a needed alliance. Then a new threat arises: a seductive prince who will stop at nothing to make Freyja his. The battle for the kingdom of Aarastad has only just begun.
Little bodes well for Queen Freyja Ifguter's reign. Ice dragons stir in the east...nations conspire against her...and the vigilante Wurger Mendicant is at large in her kingdom. This masked man is Ambrose, her exiled lover, secretly returned to settle old scores, but dangerously positioning himself as the enemy of the queen dearer to him than life itself.
Pagan Gods crave the soul of an innocent princess. Enter Ambrose, the lowly royal tutor who dares to love Princess Freyja. To combat her curse, he must activate a secret guild. But their leader is dead, her agents unknown to each other. Will Ambrose unite them in time? Or will principalities and powers crown Freyja as their vessel and reign again in wicked glory? Volume one in the Agents of the Rune Stone Ring trilogy contains a complete story that can be enjoyed on its own.