"Fleeing from Camelot and Arthur's anger, two desperate riders reach the sea t omeet the waiting boats. In their care is a baby girl -- whose destiny is to rule the fabled Isle of Avalon as Lady of the Lake. Names Argante -- brilliant one -- she will grow to womanhood with her soul-friend Elin. As one of the Daughters of the goddess, her duty is to watch over the Celtic Realms of Ireland, Britain, and Gual. Against her stands a fearsome foe, dark sister of the Goddess Mother, Annis the Hag, Queen of the Wastelands. The Stain of evil has swept over the mainlands as Annis, her dreadful Greay Host at her comand, brings bloody war and pestilence to the once fruitful kingdoms. Now, only Argante and the Daughters of Avalon, stand between Annis and her complete dominion over the Celtic Realms ..."--Publisher's description