Ascendance
Much to the seething dismay of his long time mistress, King Danube has asked Jilseponie Wyndon to become his queen. But she is torn. How can she love any man as completely as she did the Ranger Elbryan, the father of the child she lost? But unknown to Jilseponie, that child never died. Aydrian was stolen away by the queen of the elves. A headstrong boy secretly raised to be a weapon, Aydrian shows great promise in the arts of combat-and he is as powerful with the gemstone magic as his mother. Now De'Unnero, the weretiger and mortal enemy of Jilseponie, will join forces with Aydrian, who is hungry for power-and on a collision course with destiny. . . .
Chapter List (37 chapters)
PROLOGUE: GOD'S YEAR 839
Chapter 1 The Second Dimension
Chapter 2 Skewing the Cards
Chapter 3 The Ugly Face in the Mirror
Chapter 4 Glory and Immortality
Chapter 5 Scheming for Mutual Benefit
Chapter 6 Bertram's End
Chapter 7 Of Single Purpose
Chapter 8 Scheming for the Good of the World
Chapter 9 The Revelry Trap
Chapter 10 The Parson and the Bishop
Chapter 11 This Power, with Sword and with Stone
Chapter 12 Home
Chapter 13 M'Lady Jilseponie
Chapter 14 Not Quite Parallel
Chapter 15 Eye Batting
Chapter 16 The Thrilling Shivers of Fear
Chapter 17 Hearth and Soul
Chapter 18 Those Familiar Blue Eyes
Chapter 19 Francis' Mark
Chapter 20 Constance's Dark Descent
Chapter 21 The Haunting
Chapter 22 Confronting Her Demons
Chapter 23 Lady Dasslerond's Awful Secret
Chapter 24 The Road to Ursal
Chapter 25 Gray Autumn
Chapter 26 A Matter of Style
Chapter 27 Lies and Reality
Chapter 28 Stirring in the South
Chapter 29 Pony
NOVEL COMMENTS