AS HIS GRANDFATHER'S ONLY LEGAL HEIR, Tarian Savtroi is taken from his family and trained to fight to recover his rightful place as earl of the Vales. To protect his loved ones, Tarian hides his notorious family's secrets, particularly their continued reverence for Ceyfraland's forbidden Scriptures-the Rone'en-even as they conspire to topple the powerful Religious rulers who control and threaten their lives. Placed in the household of Ceyfraland's scheming young queen, and betrothed to a highborn girl who should be his enemy, Tarian strives to hide his faith, and to protect his foolish, vulnerable king, whose lethal plots could destroy everyone and everything he loves. SELIYTA KALVAII OF STORMCAIRN shields her family with outward compliance to Seoftor's threats and regulations. But when she is drawn into treasonous court intrigues alongside her cousin Tarian, her fierce, loyal nature emerges as she fights for her hidden faith, and for love. THE EPIC, SWEEPING CONCLUSION to a maligned family's struggle for justice and for the freedom to learn the sacred verses that control their world.