Arabella Bysentor is in for a real surprise. For some reason, her parents think she's ready to train to be queen! At 16, she doesn't feel quite ready for this, and especially since her skin doesn't look much like everyone else's. Even though she loves her Promynthia, how will the people trust her when she's brown like her mother? At least she has the dreamy August Frederick IX as her partner for the apprenticeship. But even with all this, for some reason she can't shake the feeling that there's something buried deep inside her, some power just waiting to come out! Join Arabella and her friends in self-discovery as she understands what it means to be both Promynthian at heart and enjoy the depths of her Melindan heritage.