Little shelfwear Faint crease on spine Avon Books, 1993, 341 pages In all Golran, there is no one who can match the transformation skills of the rebellious, battle-trained Princess Alexia. Though her father has gathered the most able shapeshifters in the kingdom to compete for her hand she has vowed to best them all— especially the powerful, arrogant mercenary, Tiran d'iste But insidious treachery has brought terror and death to Golran -casting Alexia and Tiran through a secret portal into dangerous realms beyond the reach of the King's magic-users And now the princess must link her powers with those of her despised adversary to battle werewolf and ghoul-or else surrender her life to the forces of darknes in strange, foreboding worlds of sand and sea.