For the Good of the Realm
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Anna d'Gart is both skilled with the sword and shrewd (not to mention discreet), a rare combination among the hot-tempered and rowdy Guards serving the King, Queen, and Hierofante, which is why she's always the Queen's first choice for carrying out sensitive assignments. Discovering that someone powerful is using magic to damage the Queen, Anna is plunged into political intrigue and a series of tough decisions. No fan of the uncanny, she's forced to enlist the assistance of a witch -- whose magical practices are strictly prohibited in the Realm and condemned by the Church. With the aid of her flirtatious friend and fellow Guardswoman Asamir and their friends Roland de Barthes and Jean-Paul of the King's Guard, Anna repeatedly matches wits with an opponent too powerful to be named. Intent on preventing war, preserving the Realm, and protecting the Queen despite the risks to herself and her fears about the ancient way of magic, Anna deploys all the means at her disposal -- espionage, diplomacy, her sword, a powerful witch, and, of course, indomitable bravery.
Nancy Jane Moore
Nancy Austin, a member of the PaperBirch Poets, was born in Whitefish Bay, WI, but has lived on both coasts, and points between. She holds a master's in psychology and ran a Community Support Program for individuals with mental illness for many years. She now resides in the Northwoods in a setting she had always hoped to move to. Austin serves as the Northwest Region VP of Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP). She has been published in various journals and has poetry collections titled Remnants of Warmth (Aldrich Press/Kelsay Books, 2016), The Turn of the Tiller, the Spill of the Wind (Kelsay Books, 2019), and a collaborative anthology with the PaperBirch Poets titled Stitching Earth to Sky (Water's Edge Press 2019).
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