For twenty-eight years, Rona's world has been defined by the walls of Sherworth and the stifling expectations of her family. Her only solace is her work as a healer and the companionship of her familiar, Tristan. But a chance encounter with a mysterious bard, Elderin, ignites a hope she thought long dead.

Whisked away on a journey to the sprawling metropolis of Midridge, Rona's dream of a new life shatters. She is betrayed, imprisoned, and forced to serve the city's cruelest crime lord. But in the depths of the Serpent's Den, Rona discovers a power she never knew she possessed.

Now, to survive, she must forge a new family from the ashes of her old life and learn to control the untamed, dangerous magic singing in her blood. But in a world of shadows and secrets, her song could be the one thing that saves them... or the very weapon that destroys them all.