Fire and Sword
Daw, March 2003, 6.99, 560 pp.
ISBN 0756401755
Before she died Queen Usharna gave each of her children a Key of Power in the hope that they will work together to keep the kingdom of Grenda Lear prospering. She could not know that upon her death, conspirators would kill her successor King Berayma and make sure Prince Lynan would be wanted for the deed. The new Queen Areava declares her half-brother, who she dislikes because he has commoner blood... Inheritance
Daw, Oct 2003, 6.99, 432 pp.
ISBN: 0756401623
Queen Usharna Rosetheme is dying, but is not worried about the succession, as her oldest son Beryama will inherit the throne. Instead she is concerned with how the Twenty Houses will support her son and his three half-siblings. Especially concerning her is her youngest, Lynan, son of a deceased war hero commoner.
When the queen dies the keys that were the prime source of her power and her victory...