Publisher's Synopsis
In the middle of Jaelen, there is a throne, and a woman who would do anything to have it. But a king sits upon it, hating everything she is, and half a world away, an assassin would destroy her for it.
Kasia Vane has longed for a place in history since she was a girl, and she finally has it-beside the king of the most powerful nation on earth. If they bind to one another, combining their gods-given magic, they have a hope of pushing back the empty shadow that is consuming the world, bit by bit. But Reyan can hardly look at her, let alone trust her enough to bind with her, so she is left a powerless queen in a dying world.
Across the realms is an assassin who loves his country-and a prince-deeply enough to kill for them, and their only salvation lies in his killing Kasia. And a pirate lord condemned to the king's service must help him do it or risk revealing a deadly secret of her own.
To secure the throne she so desperately desires and save the world from Death's shadow plague, Kasia must win the love of an ice-hearted young king, the loyalty of the devastatingly powerful god of Death, and survive the fallout when too many conflicting wills collide in an explosion of politics, glittering royalty, and blood.
