Kidnapping, blackmail, slander; it's business as usual for the telepathic elite of Minsland. Though the abduction of Alison Yewghast as part of a political dispute is unsurprising, no one expects the kidnappers' telepathic blocker to thrust her into the mind of a young farmer. But Joseph Morton is no ordinary farm hand, and he must brave Minsland's political intrigue and storm a castle in order to save the Machiavellian lady who is, for better or for worse, sharing his mind.