At the heart of the Fortress lay the Garden.
At the heart of the Garden lay the Stone.
It was a living entity of power beyond understanding--not even by the
men who had used its energies to control the un-Gifted masses, ever
since the wrenching cataclysm that shattered the union of Hand and Mind
and split the world centuries ago. Then came Bron, his arrival long
foretold, destined to restore the balance between Hand and Mind. But
Bron had other plans. He stole the Stone...and vanished.
Now Bron's daughter Cariad, a powerful empath and skilled assassin, must
follow the footsteps of a father she has never known, into the depths of
the same Fortress. Waiting there is Jolyon, her father's deadly enemy, a
man whose thirst for domination is matched only by his taste for
blood...and who possesses the power to satisfy both appetites. Cariad
must learn the secret of Jolyon's strength before it is too late. For
just as her father's arrival was prophesied, so too is his return. And
this time Jolyon is ready--for Bron to die.
