Captain Vidarian Rulorat's great-grandfather gave up an imperial commission to commit social catastrophe by marrying a fire priestess. For love, he unwittingly doomed his family to generations of a rare genetic disease that follows families who cross elemental boundaries. Now Vidarian, the last surviving member of the Rulorat family, struggles to uphold his family legacy, and finds himself chained to a task as a result of the bride price his great-grandfather paid: The priestess Endera has called upon Vidarian to fulfill his family's obligation by transporting a young fire priestess named Ariadel to a water temple far to the south, through dangerous pirate-controlled territory. Vidarian finds himself at the intersection not only of the world's most volatile elements, but of the ancient and alien powers that lurk between them...
- ISBN10 1616143738
- ISBN13 9781616143732
- Publish Date 21 June 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 23 November 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pyr
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 277
- Language English