Eleven island nations are scattered across the Isles of Glory, but Blaze, as a halfbreed, is a citizen of none of them. Tall with clear green eyes, her very appearance marks her as an outcast and an object of ridicule. But Blaze's Awareness gives her the ability to sense magic, and with that talent she'd managed a precarious existence as an agent for the Keeper Isles. The Keepers have promised her a coveted citizenship for her service ... eventually. On assignment, Blaze's search for a mysterious slave woman leads her to the lawless island of Gorthan Spit. There she senses the dark workings of dunmagic, leading her to an evil that poses a threat to all the Isles of Glory - and to Blaze's own life ...