A powerful sorceress banished at birth... Despite the pain and shame of her curse, Hideous channels her magic to carve out a sanctuary in her exile. As the years pass, she defends her small realm from the evil ravaging the lands beyond her borders. An enchanting prince who knows nothing of magic... When his mother, the queen, falls deathly ill, Prince Radvyed accepts a desperate quest to save her. He must reap a mysterious flower that grows in the garden of a hideous girl-a bespelled sorceress of unknown power and intent. A curse that has deeper roots than they knew... Radvyed and Hideous must work together to vanquish the decades-old scourge that has long tormented her and now menaces his kingdom. But an unexpected threat arises from the past, and it will take all their courage, knowledge, and magic to defeat an enemy obsessed with revenge.