In David Weber's By Heresies Distressed, the battle for the soul of
the planet Safehold has begun.
The Kingdom of Charis and the Kingdom of Chisholm have joined together,
pledged to stand against the tyranny of a corrupt Church. The youthful
Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm has wed King Cayleb of Charis, forging a
single dynasty, a single empire, dedicated to the defense of human
freedom. Crowned Empress of that empire, Sharleyan has found in Cayleb's
arms the love she never dared hope for in a "marriage of state." In
Cayleb's cause, his defiance of the ruthless Group of Four who govern
mother Church, she has found the task to which she can commit her mind
and her courage. It is a cause for which she was born.
Yet there are things Sharleyan still does not know. Secrets Cayleb has
not been permitted to share, even with her. Secrets like the true story
of humanity on Safehold. Like the intricate web of lies, deception, and
fabricated "religion" which have chained humanity for almost a thousand
years. Like the existence of the genocidal alien Gbaba, waiting to
complete mankind's destruction should humans ever attract their
attention once more. Like the existence of a young woman, Nimue Alban,
nine hundred years dead, whose heart, mind, and memories live on within
the android body of the warrior-monk she knows as Merlin.
And so Empress Sharleyan faces the great challenge of her life unaware
of all that task truly entails...or of how the secrets the man who loves
her cannot share may threaten all they have achieved between them...and
her own life.
Safehold Series
- Off Armageddon Reef
- By Schism Rent Asunder
3. By Heresies Distressed - A Mighty Fortress
- How Firm A Foundation
- Midst Toil and Tribulation
- Like A Mighty Army
- Hell's Foundations Quiver
- At the Sign of Triumph
