Against her will, Kitala Bell can foresee the future. But only darkness and violence . . . and death. And nowit is her own future that is in peril.
Her fate is in the hands of a prince of the sea. More than a man— impossibly beautiful and dangerous, with a voice that can seduce and hypnotize— M’ cal’ s song manipulates lives the way Kitala coaxessweet music from the strings of her violin. Yet heis a prisoner, the captive of a malevolent mistress intenton using his powers to evil ends, and stretchedto the very limits of his endurance. For Kitala, he is lightand hope and fantasy, and survival for them bothrequires a bond more intimate and passionate thaneither has ever known. But it comes at a pr ice, for their love threatens not only the lives they’ ve alwaysknown . . . but the very essence of their souls.