Publisher's Synopsis
Wild beauty, fierce loyalty and an epic love story... Welcome to the Continent. Fans of Vikings and Game of Thrones will find themselves at home in a world in which a fragile peace will soon be challenged by the darkest betrayal...When you look into the eyes of the oneswho turned your family to ash, tell me then that violence is not the answer.That vengeance is not what you desire.Vaela Sun has left the privileged, pampered world of the Spire and chosen to live with the man she loves among the Aven'ei people on the Continent. But though her plea for the Spire to intervene in the war between the Aven'ei and their foe, the Xoe, resulted in a temporary cease-fire, hatred runs deep and the question of whether it is human nature to be violent has no easy answer. When Vaela is called upon to act as a diplomat and live among the Xoe, her journey takes a turn for the ever more dangerous. Assumptions are overturned, betrayal hides around every corner and Vaela must question all she knows about why wars are fought and what truth means from another perspective.When she learns the most shattering secret of all about how she came to be on the Continent, she will discover how far she'll go for vengeance and what she'll sacrifice for peace and love.
