When banished Princess Maia is captured by her father and threatened with execution, it appears that all is lost...until the people rise in rebellion against their king. Suddenly, the cast-aside royal finds herself crowned the first Queen of Comoros. But enemies appear on all sides as her father's conniving supporters assemble a new army against the fledgling ruler. While Maia struggles to keep the peace within her own walls, she rushes to form historical alliances with her neighbouring kingdoms against an impending invasion of the ruthless Naestors-led by the cruel Corriveaux-who will destroy anyone Maia loves in order to ruin her kingdom and prevent the masons from regaining power.
Realizing that Muirwood Abbey is once again her only hope for survival, Maia gathers her people there for protection. When she discovers an adversary greater than she's ever known, she must use all the magic, strength, and wisdom gained from her life's trials to prevent the Void that would bring destruction to herself, her true love, and the entire kingdom.
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Corriveaux Tenir tried to block out the waspy drone of the celebration and focused his gaze on the blackened visage of Leering. CHAPTER ONE
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(47North, 27 October 2015, ebook, 432 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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This is my favourite book in The Covenant of Muirwood series. Everything I wanted to happen played out and all the threads from the last two books came together. Maia is a great heroine, tough and resilient yet full of love and loyal to her people. This picks up where the last book left off. I didn't want to stop reading once I stared because I really wanted to know how things turned out. Maia learns the truth about her role and destiny and embraces this. I plan to read the other Muirwood trilogy. I was surprised to learn many of the events Maia experiences, non-magical were inspired by the life of Mary Tudor.