Sabers of Mauldar

Synopsis

"Cydell is having great difficulty this Sun. Sorryn has grown into a spoiled, saber-wielding young woman, and is behaving badly in the alehouses. Elayna has not slept beside cydell for many a turn and Cydell can feel the distance growning between them. There's dissention in the High Provincial Council, over a treaty Cydell's committed to ratifying, and now a ship full of strangers is docked in Mauldar's harbor, up to something that neither Cydell nor her Sentinel guard can quite ascertain. As court intrigues, assassins and foreign invaders threaten the safety of her family and the security of her rule, Cydell Ra Sadiin finds herself questioning her own worth as a sovereign, parent, and lifemate. A warrior queen well into her middle years, can she find the strength to defeat her enemies, regain the respect of her daughter and rekindle her passion with Elayna?" -- Publisher's description.