In a world built on a lie, can one woman make the lie true enough to stop a war?

One day, Sasha hopes to become one of the most powerful mages of her generation. The world is not as it ought to be-the Heroes of old are long gone, nobody dares approach the elven forests, and most of the remaining mages are pushed into military service.

Sasha has no time for any of that, however. The curse on her bloodline brings ever increasing danger to her doorstep. Her only hope of a cure lies in the remote and impenetrable Hall of Heroes, but to find it she must bear the full brunt of the secrets buried therein.