Rhiannon an orphaned huntress, raised by great-hearted strangers. Her hair was flame, her eyes smoldering topaz, her fearsome gift a power waiting to be freed... Iskander: a son of the royal blood, his quest was his duty - and his glory. At death's threshold her first beheld Rhiannon, and in that instant was wed to his destiny... From the beginning, their love was a miraculous union of heart and mind and body...a joyous tempest infinitely sated and endlessly renewed. But the price of their dazzling passion was high, for Iskander's mission would drive them to a land of darkest evil. Now, for the sake of all the kingdoms they had left behind, they must battle the enemies of light - or see the high and noble promise of their valiant love destroyed!