A lost girl and a Blind boy discover their greatest strength is their bond with each other in a beguiling fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of The First Girl Child .
Uncertain whom to trust, their bond strained by dangerous secrets and feuding loyalties, Ghisla and Hod must confront the prophecies that threaten Saylok while finding a way to save each other..
Now, subject to a ruthless king, Ghisla enters a desperate world of warring clan chieftains and catastrophic power struggles.
But because of a magical rune, the two cannot be separated, no matter the time or the distance.
Unable to offer safe shelter, Hod urges Ghisla onward to become a daughter of the temple, where all the kingdom\'s girl children have been gathered.
For when Ghisla sings, Hod can see.
To Ghisla, he\'s a cherished new friend, but to Hod, the girl is much more.
Named for a mysterious god, Hod is surrounded by prophecy.
Washing up on these plagued shores is Ghisla, an orphaned stowaway nursed back to health by Hod, a Blind cave dweller.
An insidious curse is weakening the Norse kingdom of Saylok, where no daughters have been born in years.
A lost girl and a Blind boy discover their greatest strength is their bond with each other in a beguiling fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of The First Girl Child