Path Of Honor

Praising this "stubborn, likable heroine thrust into events fraught with danger, wizards, and gods," Kristen Britain says, "I look forward to more of the adventures of Reisil and her goshawk, Saljane." Now Reisil settles with happy anticipation into the ahalad-kaaslane, the family for which she has always yearned. But her dream soon turns into a nightmare.... A year has passed since Reisil's arrival in Koduteel. Instead of receiving honor and respect, she is met with chill suspicion. The nobility fear her power-comparing her to the wizards who devastated Kodu Riik in the recent war. Others wish to use her as a pawn. And now her fellow ahalad-kaaslane doubt her loyalty-particularly when Reisil's healing magic fails to save the majority of Kodu Riikians who are dying from a rising plague. Ostracized and powerless, Reisil cannot even trust her best friends.... At a time when Kodu Riik is decimated by plague, famine, and war, its enemies are beginning to move. But Reisil is startled to discover that although she has lost her power to heal, she is now filled with a surging new ability-to destroy....Francis, Diana Pharaoh is the author of 'Path Of Honor', published 2004 under ISBN 9780451459916 and ISBN 0451459911.