Alara Winslow dares to uncover the secret of the dark Cassian vale but does it eat her up? a love so forbidden one has to go

18-year-old Scarlet Astapha is poised to embark on an odyssey that conceals enigmas and solutions to interrogatives that she may not be prepared to confront presently. Will she possess the capacity and inclination to relinquish her heritage and acquiesce to the destiny that awaits her? Or will she permit the anguish of previous days to restrain her?