He crossed half the world to come home. He should have known the war would follow him. Eamon O'Rourke returns from the Crusades wanting only peace and the green Irish hills. He finds a homeland gutted by greed, an ancient keep carved with marks no living man can read, and Valryn Oxley: a lord's daughter with fire in her eyes and a pull toward him that neither can explain. It doesn't feel like meeting a stranger. It feels like remembering one. The marks were never decoration. Something ancient sleeps beneath Twin Flame, and the Ravens have waited lifetimes to wake it. They need Valryn. They will burn the world to take her. To save her, Eamon must trust the enemy who once held him captive and face the truth his blood already knows: the legend he and Valryn were born into will save them, or destroy them both. Comparable works include The Mists of Avalon, Game of Thrones