by Joyce Ch'ng (Author)
A coming-of-age fantasy story, set in the City of Swords.
Wehia t'Doniyat, the eldest daughter of a knifesmith's holding that specializes in ornamental daggers, wishes with all her heart to make a longsword like the one created by her great-grandmother. She journeys to the City of Swords to be apprenticed under her kinswoman, Hadana t'Tolani, the head of a powerful swordsmith holding. Among strangers and missing her family, Wehia must learn to curb her impatient and reckless nature to endure the hardships that come with being a swordmaker's apprentice. But despite making a true friend and companion at the holding and being accepted by Hadana, Wehia's impulsiveness threatens to destroy her dreams of Fire Heart, the sword that sings to her.