After Lord Aaron Marlo receives a disturbing letter from his brother notifying him that the city of Timora has been decimated by assassins, he realizes that times have changed. The Great Alliance, which has kept a measured peace for more than two millennia, is dying. The East is rising, every allegiance will be tested, and unfortunately this strife is just the beginning.

Eighteen years earlier, Aaron and Eve unite in a marriage of convenience brought about by two great houses-the House of Marlo and the House of Langdon. All seems well at first-until the joy and vitality of their...

After Lord Aaron Marlo receives a disturbing letter from his brother notifying him that the city of Timora has been decimated by assassins, he realizes that times have changed. The Great Alliance, which has kept a measured peace for more than two millennia, is dying. The East is rising, every allegiance will be tested, and unfortunately this strife is just the beginning.

Eighteen years earlier, Aaron and Eve unite in a marriage of convenience brought about by two great houses-the House of Marlo and the House of Langdon. All seems well at first-until the joy and vitality of their...