The daughter of a famous seer and a Byzantine military commander, Phaedra possesses the gift of prophecy. Brannoc is a Norman warrior who is bodyguard to the barbarian chief responsible for the murder of Phaedra's father. Phaedra has vowed to avenge her father, yet no force on earth can stop her from loving Brannoc--a man she must gentle and tame, and then, either cherish or betray.