How can she trust a man who

won't show his face?

Daughter of a sea-faring nation, Shalyrie voyages to explore a new land where wild horsemen ride in the rugged hills, refusing to show their faces to outsiders. Injured in a sudden raid, she falls straight into the middle of a war. Badly hurt, and captured by her enemies, she struggles to unravel the dark truth behind the conflict. The masked horsemen, instead of harming her, offer their help.

As they attempt to release her peacefully, a vicious attack reveals that someone among her own people is trying to kill her. When she’s left with no safe place to go, the young leader of the horsemen offers Shalyrie his protection. The more she learns about him, the more determined she becomes to stop the violence between their peoples. Despite the differences dividing their cultures, she can’t deny her growing feelings for him.

But her efforts to make peace have created powerful enemies on both sides. Defeating them offers her only chance to stay with the man she’s quickly growing to love.

Can Shalyrie end the war before it ends her?

"None of my friends betrayed you. The man who tried to kill you was one of your own people."

Meet the Author

AJ Park is an award-winning fantasy author. Her goal is to create a story that carries you away and keeps you up all night reading. Her novels are fantasy adventures packed with romance and clean content.

She is the author of War’s Ending, The Ring Keeper, Forgotten Rebellion and River in the Sand. She lives in Northern Utah with her family and a mounting stack of story notebooks. She’s either working hard on her next book, or out in the wilderness climbing mountains.

On a voyage to a new land, Shalyrie tumbles headlong into a web of lies, betrayal and secrets.