"My gown suited me as well as I could ever hope, though I could not but
envy the young ladies who would attract the honest compliments of the
night. My bodice did not plunge as dramatically as some, and no man --
no man I would ever want to meet, surely -- could fit his hands round my
waist. What I lacked in beauty I would simply have to earn with
charm..." With her parents lost to assassins, Princess Ben ends up under
the thumb of the conniving Queen Sophia. Starved and miserable, locked
in the castle's highest tower, Ben stumbles upon a mysterious enchanted
room. So begins her secret education in the magical arts: mastering an
obstinate flying broomstick, furtively emptying the castle pantries,
setting her hair on fire... But Ben's private adventures are soon
overwhelmed by a mortal threat to her kingdom. Can Ben save the country
and herself from foul tyranny?