With peace on the horizon for Calan, Kyreen sets out in search of the twin brother torn away from her so many years ago. All alone, struggling with grief and her own internal conflicts, not caring of the dangers ahead of her, Kyreen grimly faces her challenges one step at a time, but nothing in her past has prepared her for the harsh brutalities of the Salandingar Desert and its inhabitants. Forced to make decisions that will mark her forever, can Kyreen live with the version of herself that emerges from the hot sands? Is survival worth the cost?
A California native with a nomad's heart, Nikki can most often be found lost wandering about one of the many made-up worlds in her imagination. After almost two decades in Tennessee, she recently gave into her longing for the Rocky Mountains and transplanted her family to Colorado. Nikki is currently working on the fifth installment in the Chronicles of Calan series.