At the dawn of their adolescence, four young girls - Helena, Leonie, Niamh and Elle - took the oath to join Her Majesty's Royal Coven, established by Queen Elizabeth I as a covert government department. Now, decades later, the witch community is still reeling from a civil war and an attempted coup and Helena is now the reigning High Priestess of the organization ... The first installmant of an epic fantasy trilogy that explores gender, feminism, and the corrupting nature of power.