A hip young mare fresh out of college has to leave the perfect job when a goddess tells her she's destined to travel into a sacred forest to free a legendary minotaur from his prison so he can punch another legendary minotaur in the face.
Once the world was bright and alive. Then the Gods left you all behind. The sun still shines, barely. But even now, there are only embers. But soon the flames will fade, and only dark will remain.
When nature ran wild and free, ponies had only begun to dream, and a different moon roamed these skies. So it might have stayed, had the deer in their pride not turned to Wrath and to Ruin. That time is gone, but its legacy—and its lessons—remain.
Twilight is about to learn that of all politics, foreign diplomacy is the most complicated. Can she navigate the political waters, or drown in the storm?