Thief, Swordsman, and Wizardess

Aaron. Clan Heir, he has fled his people when his beloved was slain by his own father's command, abandoning his training, duty, and beliefs to become a thief. A master of his trade, he now dares the odds in Ischia, city of the volcano, where the price of being caught is death.

Darvish. Prince of Ischia, third son of a king who has no intention of giving up his throne. The prince is a drunkard, a lover, and a wastrel, yet gifted with sword skills and with the ability to charm all around him. But not even his charm can free him from the political marriage now being planned.

Chandra. Born a princess, she has chosen to become a Wizard of the Nine, that rarest of beings, able to master all the forms that sorcery can take. Now, promised as Darvish's bride, she undertakes a desperate journey to Ischia to convince him they must not wed.

Aaron, Darvish, Chandra—three strangers whose fates are about to become intertwined. For someone has stolen The Stone, the magical talisman which stands between Ischia and the volcano's wrath. And unless the three can learn to work together on a quest to find the Stone, Ischia will drown in a sea of lava.