A mage apprentice and her master... Against three hundred mercenaries sieging a town.

Seventeen-year-old mage apprentice Rielle accompanies her master, Leigh, on a mission to save a viscount from a town under mercenary control. But mercenaries aren't the only newcomers to town. When the mission goes awry, Rielle must choose whether to follow her orders or her conscience.

Fans of Throne of Glass and the Valdemar series are sure to enjoy this sword-and-sorcery short story, a prequel to the romantic epic-fantasy series Blade and Rose.

Listen to "Winter Wren" today and dive into a medieval world sensual and dark, full of magic and greed, love and blades, where factions vie for influence and there are no easy choices...