THE TOWER OF REGRETS You who sit at my side by the fire; you whose restless ghosts walk in the shadows of my dreams; you children yet unborn: If you would see your people live and prosper, then let these ancient stones lie in solitude. For this is the burden that the Earth our Mother has set upon us all, and this is the trust she places in our hearts. We must not fail her. Anghara is daughter to a king. In all the world there is but one thing denied her—the secret of the Tower. Tormented, she must seek its truth. And her discovery will remake the world. (from the back cover)

For centuries the Tower of Regrets stood alone upon the plain, and no man or woman dared turn their face to it, for fear of the curse that lay within. And so it might have remained—but for the recklessness of a king's foolish daughter... Her title was the Princess Anghara Kaligsdaughter; but now she has forfeited the right to her name and heritage. For she broke the one law that had endured since her people's history began when she breached that ancient tower in a bid to learn its secret. Now its curse is loosed upon the world, and upon the soul of Anghara Kaligsdaughter. Anghara is Anghara no longer. Her name is now Indigo, color of mourning—and her home is the wide world, for she has no other. She cannot die, she cannot age, for until she lifts the Tower's curse, she is doomed to immortality. She has one friend, who is not human. And she has one enemy that will dog her footsteps wherever she goes. It is Nemesis, created from the darkest part of her own soul. Wherever her wanderings lead her now, her Nemesis shall follow...

Her name is Indigo, color of mourning—and her home is the wide world, for she has no other. She cannot die, she cannot age—for until she lifts the curse of the Tower of Regrets, she is doomed to immortality. She has one friend, who is not human. And she has one enemy, who will haunt her footsteps until the end of time...

For centuries the Tower of Regrets stood alone, and no man or woman dared turn their face to it, for fear of the curse that lay within. And so it might have remained—but for the recklessness of a king's foolish daughter... The Tower of Regrets is no more...and the wanderer Indigo has known but little peace. Her dreams are troubled ones, and her quest is far from done. A short time to heal the ragged tatters of her soul is all she asks. And for awhile her prayers are answered. But Indigo's refuge is no more—for a malignant blight now covers the land, bleaching all life from within...threatening even those she has come to love. And another of the demons that Indigo unleashed upon the world is at hand.

On her eternal quest to rid the world of the evil she had unleashed upon it, the wayfarer Indigo has been many things: penitent, messenger, pilgrim. And perhaps now an avatar for the dead? For Indigo's journey has lead her to the Dark Isles, where a cult of death has ensnared her and her companion Grimya...and the demon she has so long sought is now at hand. Can courage alone be enough to dance with the Queen of the Dead?

A town without pity. Or humor. Or joy of any kind. The villagers of Joyful Travail are as cold as their stone dwellings—not a smile is seen, a joke told...or a child's laugh heard. Property, wealth, and only those things that will further the avarice of the townspeople are all that matters—and anyone who sees that which could bring joy back to the world is deemed a halfwit...or worse. As the immortal wanderer Indigo and her wolf companion Grimya struggle against the sadness that seems to surround these dour folk, one fact becomes crystal clear. There is happiness to be found in Joyful Travail...but will Indigo have to destroy all who live in the village to truly set them free?

A half century ago a young princess named Anghara opened the door of a dark tower and unwittingly released seven demons. To atone for the evil she'd loosed into the world, she forsook her mortality, took the name of Indigo, and set out on a harrowing quest to vanquish their power. Six demons she tamed. But one remained... Seeking an end to her roaming, the woman called Indigo returns home to the Southern Isles, hoping against hope that Fenran, her long-lost love, still lives. But when a fateful shipwreck deprives her of her memory, her quest goes awry, and the last demon of the Tower of Regrets rises again to tempt her into evil. Only the aisling—the magical tune of an ancient, enchanted harp, has the power to free her from the ancient curse that binds her.