Supporting Kadesh's ascension to the throne after tragedy strikes on what was to have been their wedding day, Jayden finds their circumstances further complicated by the schemes of dark priestess Aliyah and the return of her former betrothed, Horeb.

Teenage princess Jayden has left her tribe and is alone in the desert, seeking her beloved prince Kadesh and trying to evade her evil fiancé, Horeb. When she eventually finds Kadesh, he has been badly injured and scarred, but more ominously, he appears to be keeping secrets from her. Kadesh, Jayden, and the Edomites travel toward Jayden's home kingdom in the southern lands, but they face constant danger from Horeb's army and from the desert itself....