A young queen is torn between her heart's desire and the fate of her
kingdom in this "first-rate" fantasy (Library Journal) from a New
York Times best-selling author.
On his deathbed, the 400-year-old emperor of Atlantis has reason to
worry. Signar, the savage ruler of a powerful outlying state, is
scheming to seize control of the empire, and not even its advanced
technology can save it. But something else can....
From the frozen north country of Althrustri, Signar will halt his
invasion if he can take the emperor's daughter, the beautiful Empress
Salustra, as his bride. Such a marriage contradicts the deepest feelings
of Salustra's heart, the secret wisdom of her lineage, and her sacred
trust as Atlantis's queen. But the emperor has a plan: Salustra will
seduce Signar and then sentence him to death.
In spite of every effort to harden her heart, Salustra soon finds
herself falling in love with the lustful barbarian. Her loyalties
gravely divided, the empress must make a decision that will change the
course of history.
Written by author Taylor Caldwell when she was a young girl and revised
and published decades later, The Romance of Atlantis transforms the
legend of a lost kingdom into an "extraordinary" tale of passion and
intrigue (The Columbus Dispatch).
