International bestselling author Karen Miller's second book in her most ambitious and exciting fantasy series to date -- epic fantasy at its boldest, bloodiest best. Trouble is brewing in the kingdoms of The Tarnished Crown. A fearsome army sweeps into the duchy of Clemen, subduing all opposition. Meanwhile Liam, the boy who vowed to reclaim his father's stolen throne, is in an unlikely allegiance with his bitterest enemy - his cousin Roric. Angry...