Her peace could never last.It is shattered when Chalsarda is confronted by the single worst person she has ever known; he is responsible for every painful memory in her long elven life, and now he has poisoned her apprentice, taunting Chalsarda with the cure. If she hopes to save her friend, she must make a deal with the devil and capture a Battle Born. Dead or alive. Nearly indestructible and monstrously strong, stopping a Battle Born would be hard enough as it is. The real problem? This one is innocent.With no one to turn to and the fate of her companion in the balance, Chalsarda must survive a cunning cult leader; a bloodthirsty, inhuman assassin; and an enigmatic gunslinger, all in a race to collect a coveted bounty. Chalsarda is vehemently opposed to the task at hand, but is inevitably faced with an impossible decision: Kill an innocent person, or watch an innocent friend die.