The New York Times bestselling author of The Given Sacrifice
begins a new saga--with a new generation of heroes--set in the universe
of the Change....
Princess Órlaith, heir to Rudi Mackenzie, High King of Montival, now
wields the Sword of the Lady--and faces a new enemy. Fortunately, she
also has a new ally in Reiko, Empress of Japan, who has been pursued to
America by a conquering army from Asia.
To combat their mutual foe, Órlaith and Reiko embark on a quest to find
the fabled Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, one of the
three great treasures of the Japanese Imperial House. But the road to
Kusanagi lies beyond the meganecropolis of the City of Angels--and their
relentless enemy will stop at nothing to prevent them from succeeding.
For across the Pacific, the great arc of land that stretches from the
dark kingdom of Korea to the realm of Capricornia in Australia is
threatened by war. Now all the survivors of the Change must choose
sides....