When a redeemed outlaw shatters the court’s bargain, a half-elven foundling and a broken ranger must flee across the Whispering Heaths with two legendary moon mares—before the envoy who stole their world returns them to a life of chains.

In a fractured world where bloodlines decide destiny, Lady Elowen maintains Thornwick Cross as a fragile bridge between elf and human—until an elven envoy and a bandit lord conspire to strip her of everything: her wealth, her land, and the child she loves.

Garrett Ironwood, once a respected ranger now cast from favour, comes seeking protection and finds far more—a masked and disfigured rider in the canyons, connected to a murdered love and a terrible curse. When he saves a life, he must choose between cold revenge and a desperate, impossible rescue.

Across Whispering Heath and collapsed borders, the hunted pair are joined by Ryker the Grey, a mercenary whose name makes enemies flee and whose legend rides a blind stallion. Dark vows turn to unexpected tenderness. A moon mare will run whatever distance a heart must travel.With each reveal—stolen children, broken priests, and races by moonlight—they spiral toward the colossal Skyward Stone, a dwarven relic that can seal a world or shatter it.

Who will pay the cost of freedom, and who will be transformed beyond recognition by the blade’s edge?

Approx. Price: $7.99 (e-book), $24.99 (print)

• Pages: 498
• Author: Matt Borne & Zane Grey
• ISBN:  (e-book)
• ISBN: 978-91-90010-29-7 (print)
• ISBN: (audiobook)
• Date of publication: December 2025, Scheduled