The jundom of Mamlakah is on the brink of economic collapse. Poverty is rampant and a slavery-based economy threatens the jundom's peace and its peoples' freedom. Only the twenty-one noble Jun families are safe. When Teya's six-year-old brother, Perrin, is captured to be sold as a slave, Teya is determined to free him. To do so she must become what she hates most--a xintou-telepath--and co-operate with those she swore never to trust--a...