Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village So when the arcane academy decides its untoward to teach a woman magic she sets sail for the citystate of Hexos in search of more enlightened attitudesTsira has never felt at home within her troll clan Striking out alone to find work in a human city she stumbles on a halfdead soldier in the snow and the two form an unexpected bondBut a string of mysterious murders draws them both into a deadly conspiracy and now Onna and Tsira must uncover who is targeting trolls before their homeland is torn apart
