Dar never loses our admiration and compassion-qualities at the heart of any struggling hero.-Karin Lowachee, author of Warchild A delicatealliance between human and orc has been achieved. Now Queen of the Orcs, Dar works toward making that peace last. Her position has helped her to finally feel part of a community, to find a life to call herown. But sudden, strange outbreaks of unrest and ominous signs throw both realms into turmoil. Dar must draw on her knowledge and skills to confront a merciless long-time enemy-and an evil sheonce only barely survived. To keep human and orc from destroying one another, Dar risks everything on a desperate gamble-and her own future on a heartbreaking sacrifice.Look for Books I and II in the Queen of the Orcs trilogy From the Paperback edition.