Claire Shaw, proficient in medicine, was forced by Madam Lowe into substitute marriage to Prince Jasper Shaw, rumored paralyzed. Claire saw through Jasper's disguise; they allied. Jasper faked paralysis to investigate an assassination case. They exposed plots by Empress Sophia, Crown Prince Cedric, Emperor Charles, General Wayne Wade. They cleared names, killed enemies. Jasper gave up power, spent life in seclusion on the Northern Frontier with Claire.