the lonely halls of his vast palace, his mother's sanity lost, his brother turned against him, and his father the King dead...Ascending to the throne at last, he becomes known as "Moonlight King" on account of his beautiful visage. The bold king launches a war of conquest against the neighboring countries, and takes Olga, twelfth princess of the seaside nation of Pean, as his consort--though his new bride is still but a young girl...