In the tradition of her acclaimed fairy-tale-inspired novel, The
Serpent's Shadow, bestselling author Mercedes Lackey re-imagines
Sleeping Beauty--as a dark and enchanting Edwardian fantasy. Marina is
the cherished daughter of the wealthy Roeswood family, practioners of
Elemental Magic. But evil portents have warned her parents that Marina
will be killed before her 18th birthday--by the hand of her own aunt.