A young empath, her misfit found family, and a city in flames.
Kiera Rovanoe is a young woman with a troubling gift - the ability to sense the emotions of those around her. Life in the bustling Nevarria, a large tourist city in the nation of Novalus, overwhelms her every day. Only her training at a mountain monastery brings her any peace - and a way to control her abilities. But now, the prospect of a quiet life in Nevarria is impossible.
Nevarrian citizens watch in horror, as the neighboring kingdom of Aestellus launches a brutal and swift attack on their unsuspecting city. Her home reduced to ashes, Kiera is forced to go into hiding, foraging in bombed-out buildings while struggling not to collapse under the tidal wave of despair and anguish she feels - coming both from her and her fellow Novalins.
As a civilian trapped behind enemy lines, she must do all she can to help her adoptive family survive - even if it means giving up the quiet life she's always wanted. Can she and her fellow citizens repel the invading Aestellan forces? Or is their city doomed to ruin?
