Modern combat surgeon Maeve awakens in a brutal shifter empire where humans are subjugated as powerless slaves. Cast into the royal nursery, she immediately defies execution by performing an emergency airway intervention to rescue the choking lion prince, capturing the attention of the fearsome monarch Loki.
Granted temporary immunity, Maeve deploys modern epidemiology and trauma care to shield animal youngsters from poisoned fruit and lethal palace traps. As envious tribal elders conspire with dark spiritualists to eradicate her influence, Maeve must navigate lethal court intrigues while the formidable lion king risks his throne to defend her.
