Daughter of Blood

<p>A Gemmell Award-Winning Series</p><p>Malian of Night and Kalan her trusted ally are returning to the Wall of Night--but already it may be too late. The Wall is dangerously weakened the Nine Houses of the Derai fractured by rivalry and hate. And now the Darkswarm is rising . . .</p><p>Among Grayharbor backstreets an orphan boy falls foul of dark forces. On the Wall a Daughter of Blood must be married off to the Earl of Night a pawn in the web of her family's ambition. On the Field of Blood Kalan fights for a place in the bride's honor guard while Malian dodges deadly pursuers in a hunt against time for the fabled Shield of Heaven. But the Darkswarm is gaining strength and time is running out--for Malian for Kalan and for all of Haarth . . .</p>