This book is reflected from two different view points- that of Ria, and that of her brother. Ria, a half elf, is raised amongst humans, and her brother raised amognst elves. Ria, promised to marry a boy who's like a brother to her, longs for the understanding of someone, while her brother wishes that all the elves that stand against him would not. Will Ria and her brother learn to live with the race that cares for each, or will the plans of agroup of people run awry, and the two races go sofar as to kill each other as they did before Ria?