Under a Warrior's Moon [Talesian Narrative #1]

The Adrex Mountains have long divided the Talesian Dominion until three hundred sunturns ago when the barbarians from the west conquered all the Eastern Lands, subjugating them to the role of their Ter-Rey or the High Prince. Over time, the provinces have been at peace until the corrupt prince, Lord Kazan of Gorendt secretly plans to possess the rich, northern province of Riehl and joins forces with the hated Covenant of White Sisters--</NOBR>once an order of empathic healers, now fallen into madness and dark witchery. Using his daughters as pawns, Kazan sets his plans into motion, but does not realize that the High Prince himself is aware of what is happening and has sent an elite band of mercenaries into the Eastern Lands to investigate. Soon, Kazan's treachery is uncovered and Assur, the leader of the Talesian mercenaries, realizes there are two princesses he must rescue from Kazan's conspiracy--</NOBR>Princess Alea, a vain and spoiled girl; and the other, Princess Kitarisa, the older daughter, a beautiful but sorrowful woman who has lived her entire life despised and rejected by her father. Assur is inextricably drawn to her inner strength, her gentleness and her desperate plight. Kitarisa is the last true heir to Riehl and Gorendt, but her traitorous father will stop at nothing to see her deposed (or killed) and then triumph over the Riehlians by placing his son Alor, Alea's twin, on the Falcon Throne. However, Kazan does not count on confronting Assur--</NOBR>a man who is much more than a mere barbarian mercenary--</NOBR>a man who has the strength and will to fight Prince Kazan and overcome the cruel plottings of the White Sisters and take back what is rightfully and royally his.