Aethear Teldor was born a prince but raised as an assassin after his family was killed in a rebellion. He has had to fight for everything-including his life. When he sent on a basic scouting mission, he is caught up in war centuries in the making that threatens to destroy the empire his ancestors built. Kryssaith Fitz-Ulfsbaerd is the king's illegitimate daughter. She knows what it means to have nothing and have no place in the world. But difficult times are ahead, and the bastard princess will find herself thrust into the middle of it. Lim Dul was the leader of sorcerous race, until they were crushed and driven to the brink of extinction. Now he has returned to reclaim what his people lost, and crush the empire that was responsible for the massacre of his people.