Are we all entitled to our own lives? What if we're told that we're really someone else? Wyla Remsca has lived the last few years in captivity. Trapped under the thumb of a despotic commanding officer, she finally receives a chance to run far away from the civil war that surrounds her when the general of the Coastal Army hands down an order: take a letter across enemy lines and deliver it to the king. But will her own fear ruin her chances? If she manages to escape the war, can she escape her past?