Gabrielle is a bonemender and daughter to the King of Verdeau, and she has long given up the prospect of marriage, she is too devoted to her work as a healer. When a stranger arrives needing help for a seriously wounded friend, Gabrielle's life changes.
In this fantasy, Gabrielle is a bonemender, a healer, who falls in love with a man whom fate seems to have forbidden her, but they must both think about war before they can think about love.