The Empress And The Eve Of War

All is not well in Mathomdale. In the days leading up to the summer festival, Jennifer finds herself incarcerated behind the walls of Mathom Hall. Meanwhile her beloved Julie is undergoing trials of her own; finding herself torn between two families who wish to purchase her. Julie must sell herself in slavery to rescue her family from ruin even though she knows she is selling herself under false pretences and that her sale will separate her even further from Jennifer.

Whilst the slaves of Mathomdale wrestle with their own problems, however, great events in the world at large will come to impinge themselves on the peace of Mathomdale. War involving the Line of the Goddess has broken out throughout the world, tearing communities apart, uprooting thousands of people and bringing fear and danger to the very gates of Mathom Hall itself.

This latest instalment of Michaela Francis' monumental saga burns with the intense passion of its predecessors while expanding the story into a kaleidoscope of drama and a roller coaster of emotion.