“All magic is beautiful,” she said, “and terrible. Don't you see the beauty in yours, as well as the horror in mine? You can stop your heart, and I can take your breath away.” She is the heir to the Sultanate that once ruled the whole world. He is an unwanted prince with a gift that can destroy. She is order and reason; a woman capable of taking a man's place in power. He is chaos and cruelty, and will stop at nothing to protect his people. His magic responds to her magic, like a shadow to light. They need each other, but the cost of balance may be too high. Magic is dying, and the only way to save it is to call on magicians who possess the forbidden power of death; magicians driven out centuries ago in a brutal and bloody war. A new war is coming. Science and machines replace magic and the old shrine. They must find a way to save their people from extermination and balance the Wheel - but first they must balance their own forbidden passion. His peace to her storm, his anxiety to her calm...Day and night, dusk and dawn, end and beginning.