Publisher's Synopsis
In their last summer before stepping into adulthood, a princess and a warrior find the true meaning of courage and love. Princess Pari is the daughter of the sultan of Maracanda, a bustling city on the Silk Road, one of the most important trading routes of the Middle Ages. Her careless life is interrupted when she goes on an ill-fated journey with her father, and her life is saved by the young Varangian warrior Edric. As if being overwhelmed by all her new feelings for a young man trained to become a merciless fighter isn't enough, Pari soon finds out that the sultan's trusted alchemist is involved in the dangerous endeavors of a secret group of alchemists and jinn. This confronts Pari and Edric with a choice between giving in to their growing desire for each other or saving a splendid city from destruction.
