Civilization re-emerges after near annihilation.Bain, bastard son of Lord Makin and a healer mother, is plucked from obscurity and namedheir to his father's fief. He has no ambition to rule, but is determined not to shame his father or let their people down; nor is he prepared to forsake his mother and the simple values he learned from his humble upbringing.Phaera, headstrong only child of Lord Danza, has no interest in court life, preferring her vocation as a healer. Her father has promised he will never demand she wed.When ambitious and cruel young lord Mathune invades a neighboring fief, his actions cause war between the fiefdoms - and turn the lives of both Bain and Phaera upside down. Mathune swears he will have Phaera, whatever the cost.Bain swears he will not.Follow Bain and Phaera as their destinies hang in the balance in Altered Destinies: Earth Reborn