In a land where sky-blue eyes are unheard of, the young orphan, Lark, is mistrusted, and feared, with only a single childhood friend to call her own. Forced into near slave-labor, from the age of six, she longs to find her own destiny. When a stranger comes to town looking for a very special apprentice, for a most spectacular profession, he purchases Lark's freedom, and . . . .The Girl With the Sky-Blue Eyes is a prequel to the fantasy series . ...