In the ancient and mystical land of Muirwood, Lia has known only a life of servitude.
Labeled a wretched, an outcast unwanted and unworthy of respect, Lia is forbidden to realize her dream to read or write.
All but doomed, her days are spent toiling away as a kitchen slave under the charge of the Aldermaston, the Abbey's watchful overseer.
But when an injured squire named Colvin is abandoned at the kitchen's doorstep, an opportunity arises.
The nefarious Sheriff Almaguer soon starts a ma.