Once in a generation, the matriarchs of Jeska choose a new king to manage the government and command the Guard — protecting Jeskans from crime, invaders, and insurgency.
Corren's been training for that job since he was six, but this is an unsettled time: rumors of strange incursions, grumbling discontent, and increasing brigandry. (1/2)
Corren’s problems are multiplying. His father is missing, His polyamorous brother keeps interfering with his business. And the king needs him to track down the conspirators behind a simmering insurrection.
When a strange woman turns up wearing a shaman’s cape, speaking a weird language, hiding knowledge that doesn’t belong in this world, all his plans have to change.