Sixteen-year-old Princess Eliza does not want to be queen, does not want to bear the burden of being chosen, but fate decrees otherwise. She faces dark magic, forbidden love, political intrigue and war. Eliza wins the war and saves the kingdom. But no one prepared her for the fact that she would have to restore a country lying in ruins, rule a people who did not trust her, and beware of assassins sent to the palace. Her crown turns out to be a crown made of ashes. The only way to gain true power is to go on a journey in search of Zafira, the mysterious focus of the power of the Divine Stones, one of which is contained in Eliza's body...