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Xylara is the Daughter of the Warrior King, Xyron. With her father dead and her incompetent half-brother on the throne, the kingdom is in danger of falling to the warring Firelanders.

Before she was old enough for a marriage-of-alliance, Xylara was trained as a healer. She can’t usurp her brother or negotiate a peace--but she can heal the brave ones injured in battle.

But not only her countrymen are wounded, and Xylara’s conscience won’t 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 prisoner-of-war status.

She never expects that these deeds, done in good faith, would lead to the handsome and mysterious Firelander Warlord demanding her in exchange for a cease-fire. Xylara knows must trade the life she has always known for the well-being of her people, and so she becomes...

A powerful healer, she has sworn an oath of loyalty to Keir the Warlord, and his people. Now the Warlord and his chosen mate face enemies within the tribe and danger lurks on every hand as they journey toward Keir’s homeland.

When they reach a village marked with the warnings of the plague, Keir forbids Lara to heal the sick, commanding that she not risk her own life. But both Lara and Kier are strong of will and neither will bend easily, even for love; and when Lara disobeys, she pays the price: both she and Kier are plague-struck... and so is their entire encampment.

In the midst of the dying, Iften, a rival warrior, gathers his followers and challenges Keir for the right to rule their tribe. If Keir, weakened by the sickness, loses—he dies.

And so does Lara.

To save her love, her life, and her adopted people, Lara must find a cure for the plague—and fully embrace her sworn role as Warprize to her Warlord.

Могли ли бы вы пожертвовать собой ради блага своего народа?

Именно перед таким выбором оказалась принцесса Ксилара, дочь рода Кси. После смерти отца её королевство разграбливают таинственные иноземцы-завоеватели — люди Огненной земли.

Ксилару не интересуют политика или интриги, и все своё время она посвятила врачебному ремеслу. Она не может отобрать трон у сводного брата или заключить мирный договор, но умеет исцелять раненых. Но на поле битвы умирают не только её соотечественники, но и враги. Совесть Ксилары не позволяет дать умереть чужеземным воинам, когда она может спасти их. Она учит их язык и обычаи, и пытается облегчить жизнь пленных. Но она никак не ожидала, что эти чужеземцы потребуют её в обмен на прекращение войны.