La caza del unicornio

With Brittany occupied by the enemy and its coffers empty, only one thing remains to complete the subjugation of her realm: her hand in marriage has been promised to the King of France—and, under penalty of death, she is compelled to accept. But Anne cannot do so; she promised her father on his deathbed that she would never allow Brittany to be conquered. In an act of defiance, she secretly arranges her betrothal to France’s greatest enemy. Yet, in a world where royal courts spy on one another through magic, there is only one way to carry out such an illicit union. Under the guise of a hunting expedition, Anne leads her court deep into the forest—a strange place rumored to be home to ancient enchantments, a place hidden from the sight of even the most gifted seers. She tells the French that she has gone to hunt unicorns. It is all a ruse, a stratagem, a clever artifice to buy time. The trouble begins when she actually finds a real unicorn, and a wounded stranger emerges from the woods, collapsing at her feet. Anne finds herself plunged into a world of sorcery, where a ruler—seemingly doomed to failure—might discover the power needed to alter her nation’s destiny... or be swallowed by darkness forever.