Deep in the sun-drenched desert, priestess Ginger-Sun carries the power of shape mages. And whispers abound: has she descended from the beloved Sunset Goddess, or are her night-time rituals filled with wickedness? Ginger herself is uncertain, until a stranger is left for dead at her feet.
Thence her magic begins to burn.
Fate makes Ginger the stranger's wife and therefore a target for those who would murder this man to crown another-and force her magic into twisted ferocity. For unless Ginger masters her dark powers, violence will rein in Taka Mal and in her soul.
