Sometimes a girl is touched by Mother War.
Thorn is such a girl. Nearly a young woman in fact - a wild and proud one. But she has been named murderer by the very man who trained her to kill.
Sometimes a woman becomes a warrior.
Fate puts her in the hands (and on the ship) of Father Yarvi, the King's brilliant advisor. Crossing half the world on a mission to find allies for the coming war, she learns harsh lessons of blood and deceit.
Sometimes a warrior becomes a weapon.
She lives to fight. Not like Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill. With her since her disgrace, he is a failure in his own eyes - and Thorn's.
And weapons are made for one purpose.
Will she forever be apart from the rest of life, a tool in the hands of the great and powerful? Is there a place outside legend for a woman with a blade?
