Aralorn is the base-born daughter of a powerful lord but leaves his care to join a mercenary army. Because she is a shapeshifter, she makes an ideal spy. She saves Wolf from a pit trap when he is injured and ready to die. Wolf is a shapeshifting human magician who was once an apprentice to the very powerful sorcerer who is trying to take over the world. Aralorn and Wolf along with King Myr have to battle the sorcerer to prevent everyone from being enslaved. This is Briggs' first novel and much different than her current urban fantasy. I liked the characterization of Aralorn as a smart-talking, not easily intimidated heroine.
