The Invisible Ring

New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop returns to the world of her Black Jewels Trilogy with a prequel that follows a man who is determined to rebel against the course set before him...Jared is a Red-Jeweled Warlord bound as a pleasure slave by the Ring of Obedience. After suffering nine years of torment as a slave he murdered his owner and escapedonly to be caught and sold into slavery once again. Purchased by a notorious queen Jared fears he will share the mysterious fate of her other slavesnever to be seen againand so prepares himself for death. But the Gray Lady may not be what she seems and Jared soon faces a difficult decision: his freedom or his honor...