A woman of glittering eyes and cool, celestial bearing, she is Kalena, the last survivor of a proud heritage. Now, disguised as an innocent country girl, she is on a deadly secret mission -- to destroy her family's enemy at any cost. Only one man can stop her, the soldier they call Fire Whip, the stranger commanded to tame her, the lover who instead threatens to melt her frozen heart. In their world of fire and ice, light and dark, and terrible, clashing forces, only the Fire Whip -- the hottest of flames -- can touch Kalena, the coolest of women. For only the union of the Fire Whip and his woman will have the power to burn through the growing darkness that threatens their world.