The first installment in its epic trilogy, The Nocturne is a dark fantasy/romance set in late medieval France. A tale of forbidden love told from multiple viewpoints, The Nocturne is the story of a young sorcerer, Rainier de Aaradyn, who meets - and saves - the love of his life, Annora, only to soon discover powers he never knew he had...dark powers that make it seemingly impossible for them to be together. Rainier must make a choice to either embrace his fate and risk losing his soul... or go against it and risk losing the woman he loves.