They killed the witch's parents. They killed the witch's teachers. But they failed to kill the witch herself.

Religious zealots want to exterminate magic and hunt down talented magic users like Baezha. A group of sorcerers dedicated to destructive magic consider her a dangerous rival and want her dead. Both factions got magic and sorcerers outlawed in her hometown. And in their efforts to get Baezha, they killed everyone she loved and drove her away.

Now Baezha has returned. Crippled by guilt and fighting a two-front war in a city that has made her very existence a crime, Baezha has but one ally, her adoptive sister, Aleena, who is as powerful in war as Baezha is in magic. With Aleena's help, can Baezha bring a reckoning to the evil that destroyed her world? Or will that evil finally destroy her?

Though listed as Book 2, this is a stand-alone novel.