The evil sorceress Chytrime rules with an iron grip the frozen lands of the North. However, her ambition reaches much further than her realm as Chytrime seeks nothing less than to be acknowledged as the Empress of the North. To accomplish her objective, the malevolent sorceress searches for the seven broken parts of the Dragon Crown. If Chytrime obtains them and reassembles them she will gain control over the mighty dragons, which in turn will make her virtually invincible. Even without the magic of dragon domination, Chytrime contains formidable weapons that could still enable her to achieve her goal because she is able to spell cast great warriors and force them to do her bidding. The Dragons Crown means certain victory.

Twenty-five years ago Chytrime was defeated by the armies of the South, but now she and her mighty forces overrun Fort Draconis, a strategic place of importance to the South. Her armies are on the march and southern nations one at a time fall like dominoes.

Chytrime's daughter, the innocent Princess Isaira, remains blindly loyal to the person she considers her mother yet until she sees first hand what the cost of war is all about. Though she wants to stay staunch in support of Chytrime Isaira can’t help but be disturbed by her observations of destruction.

Princess Alexia of Arkanell has spent her entire life in exile training to lead an army to oust Chytrime from her homeland. Crow, a man thought by most of the world to be a traitor, is Alexia,s staunchest supporter. He has fought the evil sorceress for over a quarter of a century and remains ready to die in order to stop Chytrime,s plans. Kerrigan Reese, a powerful but young and immature sorcerer, uses his power to aid Crow and Alexia on their quest. Chytrime hunts Will Norrington, The Norrington of Prophecy, because she believes he, or one of his bloodline will be the instrument of her destruction. If she kills him, Chytrime believes victory is hers. Will joins the other heroes waging war on the evil ones while the kings of the south are a month away from holding a conference to decide how to handle the armies that are moving to destroy them.