Phoenix mother disappears without a trace, leaving behind her only son, six-year-old Adam. After being carefully selected to genetically enhance the lineage of King Edward “Longshanks,” Katharine Talbot was stolen out of her sunny 1990s kitchen by a power-hungry pretender to the English throne.She finds herself a woman out of time, out of help, and out of options.A valuable pawn in the ancient quest for power and wealth, Katharine finds herself targeted by those who wish to steal the throne and those who wish to topple it. Desperately trying to conceal her true origin, she must save her own life, help defeat a vicious tyrant, and find a way back to her young son.On an adventure that tests Katharine to her physical, emotional, and mental limits, she learns what is truly important in life and how to triumph over loss.