Tavia Osraige is the princess of the vast kingdom of Siddel. Her physical beauty is unmatched, but her heart is mired in selfishness and conceit. When her father, the King, falls into an inexplicable coma, Tavia is left unprotected from mystical forces that rob her of her attractiveness, leaving Tavia with the face of hideousness. Made an outcast, Tavia is all but willing to disappear into exile until she meets two kind commoners whose world is devastated by a merciless villain known only as The Knox. Relegated to her cursed façade, Tavia chooses to don a black hood and a warrior’s sword to fight with Siddel’s army to defeat The Knox and his band of murderous thugs. Only when she falls in love with the brave commander of Siddel’s forces does Tavia learn that the only way to break her curse is with her willingness to live and die for a credo that promises to make her into the woman she was destined to be.