A daughter of the sea. A son of steel. A forbidden love that can turn the tide in the war.Beautiful and a tempest all her own, Northern Azurine sailor Halli Nordvik, must flee the Kingdom of Hakland after interfering with an execution at sea and killing one of the king's men. With the soldiers from the cliffside fortress of Drekhold searching for her as a wartime traitor, she must abandon the coast and escape southeast into the enemy Kingdom of Vigard, known to all as The Wildlands, an untamed realm of savages.A fearsome warrior and battlefield legend, The Wrath of Vigard, wars within himself whether to chase vengeance or atonement. While seeking counsel from an exiled ally, he comes across a Hakland woman wounded and hunted by soldiers with ill-intent. On opposite sides of The Ravaging War, he reluctantly agrees to aid her escape to the forbidden east. During their journey together, something softens in him and brightens in her despite the treacherous terrain, the ceaseless waves of men haunting her escape and his own prejudiced people who pose a threat to her safety when they arrive. But when secrets are revealed and the cost of war is uncovered, loyalties are tested, prisoners are taken and blood is spilt. Will the war waged between their kingdoms consume them? Or will their love become a force of nature all its own?
