num_pages: 473
description: Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape . . . and even less of being together.Desperate to save her life Lia's erstwhile assassin Kaden has told the Vendan Komisar that she has a magical gift and the Komisar's interest in Lia is greater than either Kaden or Lia foresaw.Meanwhile the foundations of Lia's deeply-held beliefs are crumbling beneath her. Nothing is straightforward: there's Rafe who lied to her but has sacrificed his freedom to protect her; Kaden who meant to assassinate her but has now saved her life; and the Vendans whom she always believed to be barbarians but whom she now realizes are people who have been terribly brutalized by the kingdoms of Dalbreck and Morrighan. Wrestling with her upbringing her gift and her very sense of self Lia will have to make powerful choices that affect her country her people . . . and her own destiny.
language: English
title: The Heart of Betrayal
publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)