In the Kingdom of the Supplicant Throne a man’s path to power and influence is made with the blood of enemies felled, or gold taken. The women’s path is the equally bloody one of arranged marriage and childbirth. As the daughter of the king’s notoriously violent brother and a famous beauty, Myrion has always known what lay ahead of her. Now as suitors gather she must lay her own hopes and dreams to rest to serve her father’s ambitions.

Thorn would rather be fishing, sailing, or herding goats. Instead he has been sent to the Court of the Supplicant Crown as a hostage where he is surrounded by people who will take any excuse to invade his country or see him dead.

No man can stop the stars turning in the sky; no woman can cause the seas to cease their rise and fall. Caught by the inexorable tug of time and tide, can Myrion and Thorn find their own paths to happiness?