Accompanied by the young and inexperienced Sir Duncan, whom he is mentoring, Sir Kendrick reluctantly sets off to the tournament at Attenbury on an important mission that holds the future of the kingdom in balance.

Sir Dalton, a knight in training, seems to have everything going for him. But something is amiss at the training camp. Their new trainer is popular but lacks the passion to inspire them to true service to the King and the Prince. When Sir Dalton is sent on a mission, he encounters strange attacks, especially when he is alone. As his commitment wanes, the attacks grow in intensity until he is captured by Lord Drox, a massive Shadow Warrior.

Sir Quinlan, newly commissioned as a Knight of the Prince, is brought into an elite unit known as the Swords of Valor, but when things go wrong he is tempted to return to his former life until a new enemy threatens and suddenly he holds many lives in his hands.