"Your young friend Liere is not going to enjoy the trap she's walking into, I fear. But you figured that out, did you not? Why didn't she listen to you?" "To snap her fingers under your nose," Senrid retorted. "Irresistible." Siamis smiled gently. "But it's going to cost." Fifteen-year-old Senrid is newly king of the difficult warrior kingdom Marloven Hess . . . just in time to lose it, and find himself running for his life. When Senrid is captured he overhears a secret-one he can use against the invaders, if he can get to the right place at the right time. But there is a more formidable enemy, a charismatic, handsome young man named Siamis who can read minds, and who enchants people just by talking to them. Liere has always known she was special, which merely increased her loneliness and sense of isolation. She can hear others' thoughts, and she senses the real emotions below the façade. When golden-haired Siamis comes to her village and enchants the entire town around her, she finds herself on the run. Liere and Senrid couldn't be more different, but their goal is the same, to locate the powerful magic that will unravel Siamis's world enchantment. Chased by powerful enemies, Liere and Senrid seek aid among friends. Neither ever expected to discover something even more powerful than magic: friendship.