Branded a traitor by her people, Shea and her warlord-the fiercely dangerous Fallon-travel to the Pathfinders' seat of power at her father's request, hoping to form an alliance despite the distrust between them. It doesn't take long before Shea and Fallon realize something is dangerously wrong in the place she once called home. Ancient, deadly creatures-gone for hundreds of years, once again walk the lands, awakened from a deep sleep. Worse, it seems...