Arryn and her allies are drawn into a wider conflict involving distant lands, dangerous enemies, powerful magic, and people who have their own reasons for entering the fight. With every new alliance comes another threat, and Arryn must learn to protect people she barely knows while still protecting the family she refuses to lose.
Then the sea becomes the battlefield.
A deadly Storm Raider threatens innocent lives, and Arryn finds herself facing an enemy who commands the very forces surrounding her. Wind, water, lightning, and magic collide as the battle moves toward a maelstrom powerful enough to destroy everything caught within it.
There is no safe ground.
There is no easy escape.
And Arryn may have to risk her own life to stop the enemy.
When the final confrontation sends her plunging into the heart of the storm, survival seems impossible.
But Arryn has never been particularly good at accepting impossible odds.
She has survived hunters, armies, conspiracies, betrayal, and darkness.
Now she must survive the maelstrom.