DANICA SHARDAE IS an avian shapeshifter, and the golden hawks form in which she takes to the sky is as natural to her as the human one that graces her on land. The only thing more familiar to her is war: It has raged between her people and the serpiente for so long, no one can remember how the fighting began. As heir to the avian throne, shell do anything in her power to stop this wareven accept Zane Cobriana, the terrifying leader of her kinds greatest enemy, as her pair bond and make the two royal families one.Trust. It is all Zane asks of Danicaand all they ask of their peoplebut it may be more than she can give.A School Library Journal Best Books of the YearA VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror List selectionFrom the Hardcover edition.