Five years before the events in Warprize and Destiny\'s Star .
Elven Lord of a human Barony, betrayed.
The daughter of a wealthy merchant, raised to run a noble house in the hope of a good marriage, she watches her future burn with the rest of her homeland. .
When the flames of civil war rage across the Kingdom of Palins, Warna of Farentell has no choice but to flee to the neighboring Barony of Tassinic. . . .
Her family dead, her home destroyed, all she has left are her wits and her songs . . .
Five years before the events in Warprize and Destiny\'s Star