A veil opens between two worlds: revealing the source of eternal suffering. Either good or evil will one day cover the entire world, the fate of humanity lies in the hands of the victor.

Ariella Lantenac, a princess of Brittany, awakens from a nightmare; her home destroyed, and her parents murdered; all is real. Her awakening brings a hidden truth, within her bloodline lies a power that is legendary, a power given to Keepers of the Flame, warriors that serve humanity.

Her death will be a prize in the hands of a devil, Faucher. Leaving France before the French Revolution begins, she is given a gift from the spirits of Broceliande, a place of Arthurian legends and magic. She has ten years to prepare for her return and when she does she will find herself in the midst of one of the bloodiest wars ever fought in the history of mankind. The genocide of a million Vendees is driven by forces of evil and Ariella, with those chosen to follow her, must destroy the many demons that have brought the revolution to new heights of brutality.

Those who fight with her are defenders of justice; who have first hand knowledge of evil: Rotheneuf, a privateer who knows how to survive, to outrun any ship that lifts its sails; David Grayson, part of the British nobility, but also a master spy for Prime Minister, William Pitt; Sagath, the most powerful of all, a black wolf of enormous size, born in the magic forest of Broceliande.

Each heartless act, each war waged diminishes the souls of men and women. Ariella vows to take the sword, to conquer the evil that has infected Brittany; for it continues its rise to a pinnacle of terror so great, it threatens the existence of all being, the heart of mankind, the light within the soul.