 
With a magical gift for bringing sorcery to vivid life, acclaimed author Naomi Kritzer  continues the suspenseful tale of Lauria and Tamar, sisters-in-arms bonded by blood—and  torn apart by their enemies. . . .
 As a freeborn servant of the Greeks, Lauria once  hunted escaped slaves. But as her loyalties shifted, she found herself freeing those  she once captured—and loving those she once mistrusted—like Tamar, of the bandit  Alashi tribe. Tamar is now Lauria’s blood-sister. But the powerful Greek sorceresses,  the Sisterhood of Weavers, do not take treason lightly…especially when the traitor  has liberated the djinni who serve them.
 Soon Lauria is imprisoned. Desperate, Tamar  pleads her case to the Alashi, who send her to sow discord among the Sisterhood.  As Tamar searches for Lauria both in reality and in the dreamlike realm known as  the borderland, Lauria must trust the magic within to fulfill a wish both desired  and feared: freedom for all. . . .