Publisher's Synopsis
Stunning new historical fantasy by award winner writer Ruth Nestvold!
Mage Kalandra believes she is leading an ideal life - until she learns her husband died trying to run away with another man's wife. And now she's plotting revenge on a dead man, with no thought to the consequences for her people or her home ...
In a world where Rome never ruled, the Christian religion remained a niche cult, and the Colossus never fell, the islands of the Mediterranean control a trading empire that makes them one of the wealthiest confederations in the world.On Rodos, one of these islands, Kalandra receives a jasper seal from a simple fisherman, along with news that shatters her world. The revenge she sets in motion not only leads her into the arms of her childhood sweetheart, it puts their whole island nation in peril. Will she be able to reverse what she has done in time to save Rodos?
