By the time she is sixteen, Nia Firemoon has forgotten who she is. She knows only her life in Seos, in the camp of the warlord Bhimar, with her mentor, who is training her in a special art. But Nia knows that there are secrets being withheld from her. She can sense it. She fully trusts only in Eskander, Bhimar's handsome youngest son, and her beloved horse, Nimeshaph...