she must choose between her people and her freedomxylara is the daughter of the warrior king xyron with her father dead and her incompetent halfbrother on the throne the kingdom is in danger of falling to the warring firelanders before she was old enough for a marriageofalliance xylara was trained as a healer she cant usurp her brother or negotiate a peacebut she can heal the brave ones injured in battlebut not only her countrymen are wounded and xylaras conscience wont let firelander warriors die when she can do something to save them she learns their language and their customs and tries to make them as comfortable as possible despite their prisonerofwar statusshe never expects that these deeds done in good faith would lead to the handsome and mysterious firelander warlord demanding her in exchange for a ceasefire xylara knows must trade the life she has always known for the wellbeing of her people and so she becomesthe warprize