Princess, the fourth volume of the Maiden saga, follows the fortunes of the apprentice seamstress Iriel. Escaping a session in the public stocks for whipping and ravishment, she finds herself serving as galley maid in a trading vessel, is immured in a brothel, and finally used as a pawn in the diplomatic games of men who care nothing for her modesty and very little for her life. And then there are the trolls and goblins, intent on what remains of her maiden virtue.