When Reandn's Remote Wolf Patrol is slaughtered while under someone else's command, his reaction earns him dismissal from the elite service that has shaped his entire life. Adrift in a society still reeling from the changes wrought by the return of magic, he is offered a chance to regain his rank: escort the Lady Kalena - whose very presence is a focus for the turmoil building around magic's return - safely from the Resorian border to King's Keep. Embroiled in treachery and under attack from Resorian zealots, Reandn has little chance to make it out alive. His only hope is to face his own worst enemy - magic.
Doranna responded to all early injunctions to "put down that book/notebook and go outside and play" by climbing trees to read & write.
Such quirkiness of spirit has created a wandering path through the publishing world, spanning genres and form to include thirty novels and counting--mystery, SF/F, action-romance, and franchise, including the Compton Crook-winning Dun Lady's Jess--and a slew of essays and short stories.
But after all that, mostly she still prefers to hang around outside with the animals. She doesn't believe so much in mastering the beast within, but in channeling its power. For good or bad has yet to be decided.
