Bøker av Melissa McShane

Imogen, warrior of the Kirkellan tribes, has never wanted to be anything else. But when the long war between the Kirkellan and the country of Ruskald ends, the terms of the peace treaty require Imogen to be married to the vicious King of Ruskald for five years. Confined to his freezing city, forbidden to fight, Imogen sees nothing but darkness in her future-until the arrival of Elspeth North, heir to the Crown of Tremontane, brings three countries to the brink of war and sets Imogen free.Now, sent to be the ambassador of her people to Tremontane, Imogen faces new challenges as she struggles to maintain her warrior's identity in a world of glittering ballrooms and foreign customs. As a diplomat, Imogen discovers skills she never knew she had-as well as a forbidden attraction to the handsome and charismatic King Jeffrey North. But when war once again threatens not only Tremontane but her own people, Imogen must decide: is she the warrior, the diplomat-or something greater?

Men and women come to Castle Always to receive a destiny. Few of those questers survive to return home. Mysterious, difficult to find, and possibly sentient, the Castle keeps its secrets hidden away where no one thinks to look for them. Unlike other questers, Ailanthe just wants to return to her forest home. She travels to the Castle searching for something to send her back, not for a destiny. But the Castle refuses to let her leave-and worse, it wants her dead. With the help of Coren, who is also trapped by the Castle, and the mysterious cat Miriethiel, Ailanthe sets out to unravel the truth about the Castle not only to gain her freedom, but to save her life.

"Helena Davies knows all about keeping secrets. Now her secrets will come to light. Helena's encounter with a terrible creature whose kind are bent on destroying the world revealed a terrible truth: a cabal of rogue humans works with those monsters, intent on gaining power. Charged to remain silent while her superiors prepare to attack the traitors, Helena fears trusting her friends, her colleagues, even her secret lover Malcolm Campbell. Any of them might betray her. When an unexpected attack by the hidden enemy devastates magi around the world, it draws Helena deeper into the web of conspiracy. With Malcolm suffering his own loss, and friends betraying friends, Helena confronts the reality that no secret can last forever."--Back cover.

AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERYThe four hundredth anniversary of the city of Fioretti's founding provides Sienne and her companions a welcome break from their quest. But the celebration also brings Sienne's family to Fioretti, with news that changes her life and threatens her association with her companions, as well as her relationship with Alaric. To escape her fate and Perrin's vengeful father, the friends accept a job that takes them far from the city, to the eastern mountains.The job seems simple. A struggling community of settlers needs scrappers to clear out a ruin where something dangerous lurks. But the companions soon discover that nothing is as they expected. What the settlers actually want proves complicated even for these experienced scrappers. And a confrontation with a terrible enemy may end in someone's death.A thrilling tale of duty, honor, and the choice between the two.

"Helena Davies just wants a job that will get her out of her parents' basement, but by the end of her first day at Abernathy's Bookstore, she has a dead boss in the basement and the news that she is now a part of an endless magical war. Abernathy's is the world's only living oracle, and Helena is now its custodian. Without any training, she must navigate her new world and find a place for herself within it. But there's still a murderer on the loose-and Helena might be next on his list."--Back cover.

France, 1815. As a rifleman in Wellington's Army, Jennet Graeme conceals two secrets from her comrades in arms. She is no man, but a woman. And she, like Napoleon, is an Extraordinary Coercer, capable of controlling the minds and hearts of anyone she encounters. Fleeing a lifetime of manipulating others to her will, Jennet hopes to redeem herself by turning her talent to good rather than evil. But can a power that robs its victims of free will ever be used for good?When disaster strikes Jennet's rifle company, she and her companions become all that stand between Napoleon and his conquest of Europe. As the enemy looms closer, and armies clash, Jennet must discover the woman she truly is-and face her destiny in a place called Waterloo.

THE THRILLING CONCLUSION TO THE DRAGONS OF MOTHER STONEA new year brings new purpose to Lamprophyre and Rokshan as they continue in their quest to find and defeat their mysterious enemy, the ancient dragon Sardonyx. But when a prophecy commands the ecclesiasts of Tanajital to climb dragons' most sacred mountain, Lamprophyre must discover the truth behind the god Jiwanyil's intent-an intent that may mean the destruction of humans and dragons alike.With animosity between dragons and ecclesiasts rising, and Sardonyx's threat looming, Lamprophyre and Rokshan will need every advantage to defend against the day when an ancient evil wakes.She is coming. And the skies will burn.

The convergence is over, but Sesskia's role in preventing it has left her far from her friends and her husband Cederic.As she tries to travel north to rejoin them, events keep interfering. The mad God-Empress of Castavir is in control of an army that threatens to sweep over the newly rejoined countries of Balaen and Castavir. Men and women who use magic like Sesskia's have sprung up after the convergence, and Balaen's ineffectual king wants to use them for his personal protection. New friends, and new enemies, broaden Sesskia's horizons and challenge her loyalties.Though Sesskia wants only to be reunited with Cederic, she is drawn into the political conflict between two countries lying intertwined with each other, and finds within herself leadership abilities she never could have guessed.

Sesskia, talented thief and secret mage, has spent the last ten years traveling the world, searching for ancient books that will teach her magic forbidden in her country. When she is magically transported to another world where magic is not only permitted, but celebrated, she wonders if she ever wants to return. With new friends and a chance at a new life, Sesskia feels as if she's finally come home.But catastrophe is coming. Her new home Castavir and the world of her birth are coming inexorably together, heralding near-total destruction for both.The mad God-Empress of Castavir intends to take advantage of the crisis by conquering both worlds-whatever is left of them. Sesskia must work with the Castaviran mages to combine their radically different magics to prevent the convergence from happening and save both her worlds.

Thanks to the dragon Lamprophyre and her friend, the human Prince Rokshan, dragons and humans live in harmony for the first time in centuries. But as humans come to accept dragons in their cities, a new challenge arises. The ecclesiasts, the religious leaders of Gonjiri, see the dragons as a threat to their authority, declaring that dragons must either worship the human way or be outcast. As the ecclesiasts' demands increase, the resulting conflict tests human and dragon faith to the limit. With their own friendship at stake, Lamprophyre and Rokshan must prevent a religious war that will end the dragon-human alliance and see human cities in flames.