An old gray mare walks down an ancient turnpike, and encounters a unicorn named Luna, standing at a crossroads. Across a land without sun or moon, their paths bend inescapably together beneath strange, wrong stars that may soon be right.
Shining Armor has it pretty good. A beautiful wife, a perfect daughter, and a job he enjoys. But he recalls a night, years past, when discovering a shocking secret about his then-girlfriend almost made him throw it all away...
Long ago Luna was a warrior, not a princess, who feared nothing in all the world. But when a drunken bet causes her to venture into Tartarus, she will learn that even the most powerful can be brought low.
Life could not be better for Celestia. She had the love of her life, and now she had a beautiful child. But not all is as it seems... A prophesy a thousand years in the making, threatens to drive Celestia mad….