In Exile

Alone and in hiding, the young widowed Queen takes on a new identity as she grieves for the death of her husband and the loss of her newborn son, handed into the care of strangers for his own protection.

Hatred for the man who destroyed her family tempers her grief but haunts her nightmares as she relives his betrayal.  The support of her cousin, and a new love, do little to ease the pain of her emotional scars, until a face from the past tracks her down, bringing news that sends her on a journey across the kingdom, from the high mountains of the north to the rolling hills of the Estmarch.

It is a mission to restore hope.

Shortlisted for the 2008 Pluto Award.