Are they Cursed as well as Chosen? Kael Vapensigsson is one of the elite Chosen - a Warlord whose strength comes from the gods themselves. When Kael summons Ishtaer, a blind slave, to his room and discovers the marks of the Chosen on her body, including the revered mark of the Warrior, both Warlord and slave seem to have met their match. But as their lives become increasingly entangled, Ishtaer wonders whether the Chosen are ever able to choose their own fate.
