From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series and the Alpha and Omega novels...

Slave. Swordwielder. Spy. Some girls have all the luck...
When Rialla was young, slave traders from Darran amburshed her clan, killing all the men and enslaving the women and children. For years, Rialla lived in bondage, until she escaped and fled to the mercenary nation of Sianim.
Now she can strike back at her former masters. A lord in Darran seeks to outlaw slavery--but there are plots to kill him before he can. Rialla is chosen by the Spymaster of Sianim to prevent the murder--and is plunged into a world of deadly magic...
"Plenty of action."--Locus