"A world of large-scale epic fantasy" in the tradition of Guy Gavriel Kay and Jacqueline Carey (New York Times-bestselling author Barb Hendee) In the heart of the singing desert, the people are fading from the world. Mothers bear few live children, the warriors and wardens are hard-pressed to protect those who remain, and the vash'ai--the great cats who have called the people kithren for as long as there have been...