| There exists a world beyond your
own. There exists a world of frozen savagery,
of ice and snow, and needle-tipped mountains draped smoky emerald in summer, and
dusky blue every autumn. In this world, your safe and pleasant life is vanished,
a mere illusion revealed. Comets are born
here. Stars are stirred. Glaciers steam; diamonds sparkle; silent music saturates
the very air—and mighty dragons tear furrows through it all, breathing light and
fire in crystalline exhalations. We are
the drákon. Maricara of the Zaharen was born an
eighteenth century peasant but raised to be a princess. As the hidden leader of
the drákon of the Carpathian Mountains, she represents all that is glimmering
and elusive in her kind: polished strength, striking radiance...and a will to
keep her dragon kin safe at all costs, even if it means she must protect them
from herself. Kimber, Earl of Chasen, is more new to his
role as Alpha of the English drákon, but there's nothing elusive about
him. He is powerfully, unmistakably male, and destined to rule his tribe. He's
also been engaged to Maricara for years—although she doesn't know it. The
dragons of Darkfrith believed themselves to be the last of their kind. The revelation
of the other tribe's existence—even in far-flung Transylvania—is considered nothing
but a threat to them and their way of life. This threat has to be contained, and
Kim is willing do whatever he must to achieve that. Even bloodshed. Even war.
There could hardly be a pair of creatures less suited
for marriage, much less diplomacy between these two separate, savagely beautiful
groups of beings. Yet Kim and Mari's destinies are about
to collide in a very unexpected way. One hot summer night the princess slips into
Darkfrith unannounced, bearing some extremely unwelcome news: the sanf inimicus,
human hunters of the drákon, have revived their ancient sect, and are beginning
to pick off the shapeshifters one by one. No one is safe.
And unless Kimber and Maricara decide to unite after all, it might mean the end
of every dragon, in every place.... | 
