A SORCERESS HAUNTED BY UNFORGIVABLE SINS
A SORCERER CAUGHT IN THE WARS OF MEN
THEIR TREACHEROUS BOND MIGHT BE THEIR RUIN.
THE DREAD SORCERESS ONEIRA HAS RETIRED.
She’s exhausted from fighting the endless wars of kings and queens,
and has long accepted that her death is near. Alone at last but for
a few uninvited companions—a near-mythical wolf, a goddess’s
avatar, and a feline that embodies magic itself—Oneira realizes that
she’s bored. On a whim, or perhaps at the behest of fate, she makes
an unlikely trip to the most extensive library in existence: the home
of her most powerful rival, the sorcerer Stearanos.
By recklessly stealing a book from him, Oneira inadvertently
initiates a forbidden correspondence. Taunting notes and clever
retorts reveal a connection neither has found—nor could ever
find—in any other.
But Oneira soon learns that Stearanos, bound to a vile king, is tasked
with waging war on the queen she once served. A relationship with
him is far too dangerous to pursue despite their mutual desire—and
yet, Oneira can’t seem to stay away.
A bond with Stearanos could light the long-extinct flame of life
within her . . . or it could destroy her entirely.
