Tarasita looks for revenge and Mesara fears rebellion in its midst. As both nations recover from their cataclysmic war, Alita Takhara and her family get on with their lives. The Crown Princess of Mesara, Ilsa Domina, finds a lover who may be her sadistic soulmate, but is more than he seems. And a bookish historian finds her true calling as a revolutionary... Part Two of the Mesara Trilogy