In the riverside town of Bayrun, Rahena’s powers froze her friend forever. Rahena begins anew as a calligrapher in the distant city of Isfahan, burying grief and guilt with ink. But the royal scholars’ tower is more sinister than she knows, and her work is turned into a weapon by the man who massacred her people. Seeking revenge, Rahena journeys with a rebel family. But will her powers eat her alive as she becomes the dangerous sorceress she feared to be? Or will revenge cost her soul first?