PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE (HB)

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction. Though a lady-in-waiting, Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. She keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tane has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child. Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.