Out of the Ashes - Book Two

The campaign to destabilise Capathia gathers pace and some are disgraced and others elevated as power changes hands in Kallior.Tensions run high and are inflamed still further by a succession of unexplained deaths, following the arrival of two exotic figures from abroad. Ghosts from Melindra's past re-emerge, bringing both joy and betrayal. Then, as an invasion force funded by an old enemy arrives, Melindra finds herself literally fighting for her life as she helps to defend the city. Badly injured in the hard-fought victory, Melindra makes a new friend who, inadvertently, brings new heartache to Damishall. Then an old lover seeks to destroy her new love while Melindra is struggling with the seeming impossibility of ensuring an heir to inherit the Domain. Can her love for Korr survive these pressures?