THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR CLAIRE O'DELL'S EPIC FANTASY TRILOGY...

King Leos, the near immortal ruler of Károví, is dead. The three jewels who granted him such powers have reunited into a single magical entity and slipped back into the magical void, where they were born.

But the gods are not yet satisfied. With Károví in turmoil and the king of Veraene eager to establish a new empire, the threat of war remains. Valara Baussay, Morennioù's long-absent queen, wants nothing more than to return home and reclaim her crown. Duke Miro Karasek must honor his promise to undo the wrongs he visited upon her and her queendom. And Ilse Zhalina is desperate to carry vital news that might save her homeland from an ill-advised war.

Ilse makes this long journey back to where her story began, to complete the journey she attempted lives and centuries before, and to bring peace between the realms.