Two heirs of opposing nations under the same kingdom meet for the first time. They’re doomed to be hated rivals from the very start; but destiny seems to have other plans. Naomi Rosenthorn, quiet but sharp-tongued, is heir to Monroe of the sun-kissed South. She knows the stories well from a lifetime of lectures: Northern greed, cruelty in conquest, the cold hounds of brutality. So when her path crosses with Cassien Rivain - heir to the cold and calculating North - she has every reason to tu...