About the Book
Moirin
is alone, and far from the land of her birth, with nothing but a few
resources of her own to draw upon, and few friends she can call upon,
in what is about to become a nation of enemies.
She has her
natural ability with a bow, for survival, and a facility for languages – and then there are the gifts of her gods: a small ability for
foretelling, for concealment, and to coax plants to grow. Alongside
them all she has the gift of Naamah: the gift of desire. Yet these are
small advantages against the challenges she will face – betrayal,
treachery and indoctrination – and some of them may not prove to be
advantages at all.
There is a long, difficult journey ahead of
her, in her search for Bao, the young Ch'in warrior who carries a piece
of her soul as well as her heart, and harder decisions to make. Whether
she can forgive a deliberate betrayal; whether she will fight against
all odds for her love; and whether, when all believe her dead and her
life and her religion hang in the balance, Moirin can sacrifice her
beliefs, or will hold true to her goddess even in death...
