#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A shield maiden fights to break the shackles of prophecy—and to
overcome the betrayal of the man who broke her heart—in this searing conclusion to the
Norse-inspired fantasy romance duology that began with the bestselling A Fate Inked in Blood .
The stunning first edition hardcover features foil page edges a custom-stamped case and a
premium dust jacket! The secret of her divine heritage revealed Freya finds herself on a
path that will see thousands of lives lost to the magic in her blood. Desperate to avoid this
dark fate she risks an alliance with Skaland’s greatest enemy to seek answers from the seer
who foretold her future—the same seer who sent Bjorn to kill her. While Freya still seethes
with rage over Bjorn’s betrayal the blood oaths that bind her demand that she keep him close
as she hunts for a way to avert the looming war. Her magic draws her to the front lines of an
old enmity embroiling her with Nordeland’s Unfated—children of the gods who serve the king she
was raised to fear. The same king who unlike Bjorn is now willing to fight at her back. For
despite the desire that burns hot between Bjorn and Freya his growing distrust of her chosen
path threatens to drag them further apart. As war approaches gods and mortals must choose
their weapons. Yet the fiercest battle will be the one Freya wages within herself. With the
magic of two goddesses burning in her veins she must weave the threads of destiny to decide
her own fate: Will she be the shield that protects her people or the curse that destroys them?
