Deathcaster

**A SPLINTERED ALLEGIANCE** Warrior Alyssa ana'Raisa will do anything to protect her home, the Fells, and her legacy, the Gray Wolf line. But as a prisoner of Empress Celestine, Lyss is forced to turn her fearsome talents as an army commander against her beloved homeland. Refusal would swiftly lead to her death, and her death would end the Gray Wolf line. **AN ANCIENT DANGER** In Lyss's absence, Fellsmarch Castle swarms with intrigue, deception, and a primordial threat. Destin Karn, a southern spymaster with a hidden agenda of his own, might be the queendom's only hope of defeating the forces aligned against the Seven Realms...as well as the enemies within the castle. **THE DEADLY COST OF PEACE** Master storyteller Cinda Williams Chima delivers spellbinding action, bittersweet reunions, and dazzling revelations in this indispensable conclusion to the Shattered Realms series. This description comes from the publisher. *Deathcaster* is the fourth book in the Shattered Realms series, the first of which is *Flamecaster*; the Shattered Realms is the sequel series to the Seven Realms, the first of which is *The Demon King*.