Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her
off to an allying pirate clan. But that only prompts the scorned clan to
send an assassin after her. And when Ananna faces him down one night,
armed with magic she doesn't really know how to use, she accidentally
activates a curse binding them together. To break the curse, Ananna and
the assassin must complete three impossible tasks all while grappling
with evil wizards, floating islands, haughty manticores, runaway
nobility, strange magic, and the growing romantic tension between them.