Blurb:
When his father is murdered by magical treachery, Prince Tayyichiut watches his uncle takes over as elected Khan of the Qubal clans. But Tayyichiut remains the Khan’s heir, and when he’s ready, his uncle plans to turn the clans over to him. But there are those who see a different future for the Qubal. And when dark magic begins to spread its poison, only the apprentice shaman who seems fated to be Tayy’s bride may be able to save him from a deadly destiny.

My opinion:
I love this author, his other books have been great. This book didn’t disappoint me with its fascinating world and characters. He let the characters make decisions that affected their surroundings in various ways.
All of it made me finish the book within a day.
So my recommendation is buy it.

From Amazon’s back blurb text:
In this relentlessly gripping thriller, Compton Crook Award winner Tamara Siler Jones weaves together her unique blend of fantasy, forensics, and suspense to create a world terrorized by a killer out of our darkest nightmares. Now one man must follow a trail of savaged victims to save an innocent life hanging by the slimmest of hopes.…One by one, young men in the kingdom’s outer reaches are vanishing into the dark. So far, two bodies have washed up on the local riverbank. But Dubric Byerly, head of security at Castle Faldorrah, soon realizes there are countless more victims…for it’s his curse to be forever haunted by the ghosts of those whose deaths demand justice. The latest to vanish is Braoin, a seventeen-year-old painter whose mother came to Dubric’s aid when he most needed it. All Dubric knows is that the boy is still alive. But time is running out, and it isn’t only Braoin’s life hanging in the balance. If Dubric can’t untangle the twisted web of clues and lies and find his way to the killer, one of his own pages will be the next to die.…

I love this book. It got everything that I want in a story. The characters are intresting, the story well done. it is filled with unexpected plottwists.
It is an awesome book, but be warned, it will give you nightmares. No matter how many night mares, you get it is a book that you read with out stopping.