Shattered by mage wars, the Broken Lands will test the bonds of family and friendship, strength and sanity.

To save their people, the Heirs of Marsan have no choice but to enter, trusting their lives and the lives of everyone they Protect, to someone who shouldn't exist, who can't be controlled, and who will challenge everything they believe about themselves.

Tanya Huff is a fantasy author from Nova Scotia. Her Blood Books series, featuring detective Vicki Nelson, was adapted into the television show Blood Ties, which aired on CBC-TV and on Lifetime in the U.S.