Someone is killing heirs to the throne of Lorcha. Monarch Janvian, the only hope for the bloodline, is next. Nowhere is safe, not even with her own clan. She is forced to flee across a lightning-ravaged desert. There she hopes to find shelter with the mysterious Mirage Clan of her grandfather’s stories, a people who may not exist.
She leaves the country in the care of a society of mystics with their own secret plans for the future of Lorcha. They agree to rule the country in her place with a chilling condition. Janvian must return in one year to reclaim the throne or lose it forever for herself and the child she carries.
While Janvian seeks refuge, it is up to her rigid uncle and free-spirited sister to hide her absence and keep the clans united. Surprising enemies and unlikely allies surface in the effort to prevent the country from deteriorating into civil war.
Lorcha, a country plagued by clan conflicts and broken alliances on a storm-ravaged planet, may fall into chaos. And Janvian might not survive.
Sword and sorcery, romance and adventure on another planet.