Böcker av Tony Lavely

Tanial, Falcon Queen of Vest Lindebalgh has defeated two of the groups who seek to exterminate the bodynoli of not just Vest Lindebalgh, but the whole of Territory Two, making the land available for their own disadvantaged rénmen. She also signed an agreement with the Premier of the Consolidated States of Toile that no one under his control would interfere with Tanial or the other rulers of Territory Two.Agreements are made to be broken. Tanial and her court barely have time to toast her victory when uprisings begin in the largest city.Saving her kingdom means putting down the uprisings, but the telegraph is equally important.When the stakes include death, the Falcon Queen rises.

Tanial reaches Slot Minear and meets Maman. Once there, she crosses swords with Lord Vang before they finally come to an uneasy agreement when Jenoele cedes the kingdom of Vest Lindebalgh to her.Mutual trust hasn't bloomed between Tanial and Vang; she sets up her throne in the Broken Shovel Pub, and collects helpful associates. A quick visit to Kongens By where she will site her palace precedes the journey to meet Miriajona in Gwyddoniae Dnias, where her voice promises Tomi King Rhion will be returned to Miri, his Queen.Costly skirmishes along the way prove that the Ny Regole are not alone in wishing fell outcomes on Tanial and her sister, nor have they rolled over to play dead. Miriajona, Queen Rhion of Aberystrad, returns to Traenthe and then sets forth to the western city of Gwyddoniae Dnias, where Tanial's voices promised Tomi would return.The threat to her life and the babe's from an erupting volcano spewing fume and noxious gasses is far less a worry to her than Tomi's return and how he will react to her and the babe, his son. After a quarrel in the eye, she can't expect him to be unchanged. For the nonce, alive will have to do! Tanial's travails are rewarded by Miri and Tomi embracing; beside her watching is the girl who will bring the telegraph into being.

How will a life as slave, thief and assassin prepare Amerith for the Warden's role, protecting the King's daughters?The girl Amerith, a slave plant gatherer for a Potions Master, is thrown out as too big to fetch all the plants the Master needs. Surviving trials and adversity, she grows up to be a skilled thief until she finds herself on the business end of the headsman's axe.Two purses exchange hands; the "young dead girl" rises to become a world-class assassin until she accepts the position of Warden Mistress to the young Princesses of Lindebalgh. Her mentor and her debt will return to wreak havoc on more than her life.Amerith is a short side trip that adds to the experience of Toile and itscharacters. It is best read between Book One, The Faux Princess, andBook Two, The True Princess.

Three Princesses of Lindebalgh: Saitanne, Miriajona, Jenoele. All together for Miriajona's wedding to Rhion, the King of Aberystrad.-Jenoele is bound to charge Saitanne with treason.-Miriajona, smothered in the whirlwind of wedding dresses, gowns and fittings is prevented from being alone with Rhion. She cannot wait for it to be over.-Saitanne's dragons vie for her attention while she protects her sisters, hoping to survive with her lover.Assassins, flush with promises of gold of uncertain provenance, plot and scheme to eliminate any of the red-haired princesses as a partner for the King. Unfortunately, while the assassins are more persistent than the other dangers they face, all the Princesses face more severe and less predictable threats.The True Princess is the second book in the Dragons Run My Life series. In sequence, it follows the novella Amerith, The Warden's Tale.

Queen Miriajona and King Rhion of Aberystrad depart Lindebalgh after greeting the people of Miriajona's former country. Their goal is the palace in Traenthe. As they leave, the girls who attempted their murders are exiled by Tanial, Lindebalgh's Princess Regent.Word of the exiles reaches their families, and nothing will satisfy them save having their girls back. Ean Clague gathers his men and rides north to wreak revenge on Rhion and find a ticket to recover his girl.Tanial, the Queen's sister, freed from her honor-bound position as Princess Regent, elects to follow Liam, her lover, as he seeks his troop, abandoned when the Princess quest began. Tanial's dragons interfere with Liam's quest by warning of danger lurking for Miri and Rhion. Everything comes together, but is it too late for Miri and Rhion?Queen Immured is the fourth story in the Dragons Run My Life series. The rest of the story begins here. The problems of the three red-headed princesses never seem to diminish.

Jenoele rides with Tanial, her Regent, and a few trusted friends to Rendekebing and the Lindebalgh palace. With King Esben, her Da, likely dead, she and Tanial will take the throne and control of Lindebalgh, and await their sister Miri, ready for a dual coronation party.Miri and Rhion intend a peaceful, boring thir'dar trip from Sianel Dnias to Rendekebing. That part of their plan succeeds better than Jenoele's.Tanial looks forward to Jenoele's coronation eagerly; on its conclusion, she aims to mount her horse alongside her love and make for her family.Three others trail them north planning a different celebration, involving death.The Journeys Home is the third of the Dragons Run My Life series, following The Faux Princess and Amerith - The Warden's Tale and The True Princess.