For a hundred years, the West has been defined by the colour of one's eyes-a brutal divide between those with light-eyed grace and those with dark-eyed elemental power.
Mariya "Mae" Perepelkin, a light-eyed assassin, has lived for only one thing: revenge against the warlord Magnusson for the murder of her parents. After a near-fatal plunge off the edge of a ship, Mae finds herself alive and captured, yet hunted. Framed for the death of a rival warlord's son, she becomes the target of the dark-eyed warlord Urzul, who is tearing across continents to claim her head. To survive, she must rely on the one person she shouldn't trust-a dark-eyed captain whose elemental power is a constant reminder of the divide between them.
In a war that is no longer just about the colour of one's eyes, Mae must decide who she is fighting for. If the fire of her revenge finally burns out, will there be anything left of the person underneath?
