Publisher's Synopsis
Book Eight in the series; Abandoning the Hill Fort after the Romans come and flog them on frames, the Queens realise it is unfair on their population living in the forest; they tell them to return and merge into the Roman way of life to survive. But the Queens must find the magical swords, empowered at the Standing Stones, but hidden under a bush as Legate Veranius arrived. Alyssa is imprisoned in the cell and left to die. A subterfuge is invented to save her. Their daughters are taken with them for fear of execution. Damarion finds them, and with his followers and Gramm's village, they fight part of a Roman legion. Will Quintus Veranius try to take revenge? They are outlawed and begin the Quest for their lost swords, taken by an unknown person from their hiding place.
