Publisher's blurb: Lady Ingrade Malian, a baroness whose holdings consisted of four villages and various homesteads along the southern banks of the Sanchee River, that bordered the halfling territory of Lowhill, was known for her hands on approach. She oversaw the fields and made sure her people had the proper equipment. She cared for her land and the people who tended to it. But Ingrade was known for her quick temper when her motives were questioned or for a perceived slight.