THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR CLAIRE O'DELL'S EPIC FANTASY TRILOGY...
Months have passed since Ilse Zhalina abandoned her beloved Raul Kosenmark to start a new life in the garrison city of Osterling Keep. Theirs is a dangerous game, with enemies on both sides of the border. While Raul continues to influence the kingdom's politics from afar, Ilse is set on her own quest to find the fabled jewels of the goddess Lir. Two have been lost to humankind for centuries. The third is held by Leos Dzavek, king of Károví and sworn enemy of Veraene.
In her search, she encounters a shipwrecked prisoner from another land, a woman who has a secret of her own...and one of the lost jewels. The two women become uneasy allies in their hunt for the third, because finding it could mean salvation for both of their realms.
