Han Alister, a thief-turned-wizard, joins forces with Princess Raisa ana'Marianna to defend her right to the Gray Wolf Throne.
[1] The action takes place in and around The Seven Realms, which are seven loosely related areas that were once ruled by the Gray Wolf Queens and their wizard consorts, or kings.
The four books in the current series are: The Demon King, The Exiled Queen, The Gray Wolf Throne, and The Crimson Crown.
Later Han learns that the amulet has a dark history: it once belonged to the Demon King, an evil sorcerer who almost destroyed the world a millennia ago.
After spending three years of freedom with her father's family at Demonai Camp, riding, hunting, and working at the famous Clan markets, she must readjust to Court life in Fellsmarch.
While she fends off an arranged marriage to Micah Bayard, the power of the Wizard Council is growing, and her people are starving and rebellious.
The other boys are wizards, who have started a magical forest fire (supposedly so that Princess Raisa and her mother can hunt upland deer).
After a standoff, Alister takes Micah's magic amulet, sparking a series of events that include Alister being accused of murders, kidnapping a disguised Princess Raisa and accidentally causing the death of his sister and mother after a standoff with Lord Bayar, Micah Bayar's father.
Alister agrees to travel with Fire Dancer to Oden's Ford wizard university, Mystwerk, where he will learn wizardry.
He has a face of the former thief who isn't afraid of violence, then he can swiftly change to a charming young man that wins the hearts of women.
They nearly shared a romantic relationship, but that quickly ended when Raisa learned of the Bonding, but they remained best friends throughout the series.
Oden's Ford: She left her queendom when her mother tried to force her into an illegal marriage, to Micah Bayar, under the influence of the High Wizard.
Throughout the series, Amon is completely concerned with Princess Raisa's safety and makes that clear to her numerous times, mostly to her dismay.
She is described as favoring the side of her mother, Queen Marianna ana'Lissa, by the blue eyes, blond hair, fair complexion, and most of all, her naive personality.
However, that changes when Raisa leaves the queendom, as Mellony succumbs to the throne and overlooks it as an attraction for her daring yet dangerous crush, Micah Bayar.
Mellony begins to overlook the title of being a Gray Wolf queen and makes some choices that affect the queendom of the Fells greatly, such as not believing Raisa when Raisa accuses their dead mother of forcing her to marry the young Lord Bayar, which Mellony does not believe, because she has fallen in love with him.
He is also related to Fire Dancer of Marisa Pines Camp, as his father seduced his mother for her looks and personality, as a younger half-brother.