Kacey always yearned to be a shield-maiden: a soldier bearing her clan sigil to distant shores. The last thing she wanted was an arranged marriage. Or worse: her father to be murdered walking her down the aisle.
World shattered, Kacey snatches her father's heirloom shield and runs, determined to disappear between the cracks of society. But danger lurks in the shadows, for Kacey's pointed elf-ears mark her as a Halfling - a half-step down from a death sentence. Now, Kacey's every attempt to escape embroils her deeper in conspiracy and danger: her father's killer remains on the loose, on the brink of succeeding where years ago he failed.
