Highlord Kencyrath's sister, Lady Jame, fights for her place in a world full of danger, intrigue and almost outright madness. She enrolls in Tentir Military School, faces intense rivalry, and discovers deeply buried family secrets. The college tests her, she tests the school and makes a decision... The title of the novel is a saying of the Three Nations Ketsir and means a desperate adventure, exciting and dangerous, which cannot be refused; In addition, Jame is being pursued by a young Rathorn (something like an armored, carnivorous unicorn with a bad temper).