When the son of a young warlord inherits his father's lands at a young age plays for power become all the intrigue. Arranged marriages and political intrigue fill the walls of the young man. As he matures he shows he knows more about these matters than he realizes, until ultimately he is given the gift of a woman from his people's mortal enemies, the Simili. She opens him up not only to new pleasures, but new political ideals. Until finally a showdown must occur, and the warlord must fight not for his position, but for his very land from the Simili themselves.