Magic has broken free over the Twelve Kingdoms. The
population is beset by shapeshifters and portents,
landscapes that migrate, uncanny allies who are not quite
human…and enemies eager to take advantage of the chaos.
Dafne Mailloux is no adventurer--she's a librarian. But
the
High Queen trusts Dafne's ability with languages, her way
of
winnowing the useful facts from a dusty scroll, and even
more important, the subtlety and guile that three decades
under the thumb of a tyrant taught her.
Dafne never thought to need those skills again. But she
accepts her duty. Until her journey drops her into the
arms
of a barbarian king. He speaks no tongue she knows but
that
of power, yet he recognizes his captive as a valuable
pawn.
Dafne must submit to a wedding of alliance, becoming a
prisoner-queen in a court she does not understand. If she
is
to save herself and her country, she will have to learn
to
read the heart of a wild stranger. And there are more
secrets written there than even Dafne could suspect…
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