Publisher's Synopsis
Leylah, still shy of womanhood, discovers the harshness of war when her mother is taken to serve in a Jandall soldiers camp. When a raiding enemy force incinerates her village and slaughters most of its inhabitants she discovers the brutality and terror of war. She and a handful of survivors are dragged away in chains and she endures a journey laced with fear. At the Dalatian capitol, her fortunes become tied to the similarity her appearance bears to the Dalatian Princess, Karee.Leylah's father, Hagar, survives the carnage at the village and sets out to find and free, first his daughter and then his wife. When his plans fail, he is taken as a slave and sold to raiders from across the Endless Sea. Now he must rely on has skill as a carpenter and his wits if he is to survive. For Hagar, survival is not enough, he needs to escape and find a way back or he will never see his family again.Yaffa, Leylah's Mother, learns of her village's destruction and the death of her family. Wracked by grief she is eventually saved by the local military commander, the King's half Brother Ulrich. With him, she finds love and some hope for the future. That hope appears dashed when King Leopold dies and Ulrich is summoned back to Alunda to assume the throne of Jandall.
