'War is her calling. Vengeance is her purpose. Destiny has other plans. General Ril'm, one of the realm's fiercest defenders, finds herself caught between light and shadow-between the radiant, charming Royal Envoy Sui and a guarded monarch cloaked in secrets, King Xarius. As threats loom at the border, her heart becomes a battlefield of its own. Haunted by the brutal loss of her family at the hands of the barbarian king, Kixik, Ril'm's life has been forged in vengeance. But when long-buried secrets rise from the ashes of her past, hidden truths come to light, and she realizes the most dangerous battlefield may not be at the border... but in the halls of power and the shadows of someone close to her heart.