Daniel Crosse, highwayman, thief, murderer and leader of the notorious Country Gentlemen, is unaware he carries a secret. Daniel holds the key to the future existence of the world.
Cassandra, Princess of Castlemaigne, must flee her tyrannical father, a repulsive political marriage, and the handsome, but evil Commander of the King’s Army, Esteban Santioni.
Cassandra is the lock to Daniel’s key, with knowledge that will set his life upon a course he never dreamed possible.
Will love be strong enough, set amid the beauty and dangers of a volcanic land, to fulfill an eight-hundred-year-old prophecy?