From the book jacket: For Will and Evanlyn, freedom has never felt so fleeting. Still far from their homeland after escaping
slavery in the icebound land of Skandia, the Ranger's apprentice and the princess's plan to
return to Araluen is spoiled when Evanlyn is
taken captive by a Temujai warrior. Though still weakened by warmweed's toxic effects, Will employs his Ranger training to locate
his friend, but an enemy scouting party has him fatally outnumbered. Will is certain death is close at hand until old friends make
a daring, last-minute rescue. The reunion is cut short, however, when they make a horrifying discovery: Skandia's borders have been breached by the entire Temujai army. And Araluen is next in their sights.
If two kingdoms are to be saved, the unlikeliest of unions must be made. Will it hold , long enough to vanquish a ruthless new enemy?
Or will past tensions spell doom for all? The battles and drama are nonstop in Book Four of this hugely popular epic.