A young female assassin must confront the man who slaughtered her family, risk her heart, and come to terms with her identity as a warrior and as a woman in this thrilling fantasy from the author of Markswoman.

Kyra has returned to the caves of Kali, but she no longer knows what her place is. Her beloved teacher is dead and her best friend Nineth is missing. And gone, too, is Rustan, the Marksman who helped her train for the duel with Tamsyn-- and became far more than a teacher and friend. Rustan's odyssey leads him to the descendants of an ancient sect tied to the alien Ones-- and the realization that the answers he seeks come with a price. When Kai Tau, the man who slaughtered Kyra’s family, wages war on the Orders of Asiana, will the confrontation cost Kyra and Rustan their love... and their lives? -- adapted from back cover