Alexandra's a half-blood witch with a proud and fiery spirit. She's up to any challenge, and when a foreign prince summons her, claiming she can stop a threat to their lands, she's eager to help. She leaves behind her beloved homeland and family, taking only her bow and trusty horse, Zhan. She travels to the country of Shelkite. And though she's met warmly by Prince Alkin, she's met with disdain by his bitter, right hand man-Master Sword Bryan. Soon, Alexandra and a company of warriors and, yes, a witty unicorn, set off in search of an answer to their predicament. She finds adventure, mischief, and danger around every bend, but nothing amounts to her ever-present and confusing feelings toward Master Sword Bryan. Through grassy foothills where her dreams seem to tell the future, through an ancient wood where the tiniest magic still lives, to the sea in search of reclusive merpeople, and to an unstable, mystical forest the company treks-learning and growing alongside each other, even as a mysterious man joins them. Alexandra may have taken on more than she prefers to handle, but among the hardships and mounting romantic troubles, she knows she has to press on, for whether she does or not she's the key-either for good or evil.