D. A. Boulter

A Throne at Stake D. A. Boulter

Pledging herself to Prince Parsigul?s quest to gain his rightful place on the throne of his deposed father, the beautiful Lady Galinia risks violating one ? or both ? of the two commandments that every sorcerer learns in the Halls. First: With sorcery, aid no man in a fight against another man; and, second: Never cast a weave against another sorcerer. Violate the first, and a caster risks the trust slowly and painfully built up between sorcerers and the world of men over the generations; violate the second, one opens the possibility of a wizard?s war ? the original cause of the loss of trust ? unleashing untold violence and destruction. Tasked by Parsigul with preparing the way through non-aligned territory, Lady Galinia runs afoul of her opposite number, Hadryl, a sorceress attempting to stir the population against her prince and his army. With a throne ? and her future position as queen ? at stake, Galinia prepares a trap, setting the stage for a confrontation that she and her prince can ill afford. Hadryl, having suffered at Lady Galinia?s hand, takes refuge on a farm, taken in by a rough farmer, Grath. She waits there for her moment to revenge herself upon the Lady Galinia, no matter the cost to herself. Grath, with a war at hand, decides to use Hadryl's presence to further his own ends.