After generations of living side by side with the newcomer Allemani seafarers, the ancient Sh'ari people were suddenly and brutally slain by the new rulers who feared the Sh'ari clans . . . and more importantly, feared the witches who led them and who held powers that the Allemani could barely comprehend. The pitiful remnants of the Sh'ari were scattered and any who held the knowledge of the old ways and their powers were to be hunted to death. To be Sh'ari was anathema.

That was long ago. Young Brierly thinks she is the last Sh'ari witch in the world. She knows what it would mean to be discovered, yet she cannot deny her gifts as a healer. Time and again, she brings solace to the very people who killed most of her race.

Saving the life of a nobleman's wife -- a nobleman sworn to obliterate any trace of witchery -- Brierly stumbles into a web of deceit and power struggles more deadly than anything she has ever faced. Her struggle to survive may lead her to a love that will last the ages -- and perhaps, to her people's redemption.