Louisa Dwyer

Firebird in Flight Louisa Dwyer

'The burdens of Kings weigh heavy on their backs.' Never has the old proverb held so much meaning for the Sovereigns of the Upper Face.



Two maintain a dangerous secret which cannot much longer be kept.



Another is broken by sorrow and fire.



And one knows that the Hidden Places have come awake.



The world and its Peoples are changing. Rulers must steer their nations through dangerous tides which threaten to overwhelm their realms. But how can they do so when their own minds are full of uncertainty? Loss and mourning hang over the West. Anger and fear cloud the East. It falls to Marketdawn to make the centre hold, but in this Age one Kingdom cannot act alone.



Ravar of the Forest knows nothing of this, for she is lost. No one, not even her Soul Friend, can bring her back from her grief. Commissioned with dual responsibilities and far from home, how is she to know that in her hands the balance is held?