The Tourney

Princess Keestu has been invited to witness The Tourney in the Autocracy, where hand-to-hand combat will determine that society's leaders for the next generation. Her trip does not begin well when she and her handmaiden find themselves facing dozens of sharp-toothed attackers when they are unarmed and have nowhere to hide. While visiting a planet ruled by a hostile and reviled king, Keestu and her entourage are attacked. Injured and alone, Keestu makes plans to escape and complete her mission, but can she do it before her disappearance causes an interstellar war?