Llyr

After narrowly escaping a public assassination attempt, controversial defense attorney Chene Viqar will need help from unexpected sources to save her client, Valand swordsman Thamas Dannan. New questions about the Lady of Gwynyr's role in the political conspiracy that threatens him only make matters worse.

But with rebellious Llyr Province teetering on the brink of civil war, the stakes are higher than the fate of a single warrior monk, no matter his significance to Chene's mysterious past. Neutral Gwynyr faces existential threats in an emerging era of global imperial conflict, and the nation's future will hinge upon difficult decisions in the resource-rich western provinces. Each new discovery pushes Chene closer to her inevitable choice: Risk everything by challenging Lady Rowene, or trust that her beloved Goddess Mother is acting in Gwynyr's best interests and back her bold gambit?

In Llyr, the second book in D.C. McElroy's The Goddess Daughter Trilogy (and his larger epic fantasy series, The Darbas Cycle), the ever-evolving conflict between power and principle sprawls across both The Waking World and the psychic Touwaithe Realm. Love and loyalty will be tested as Chene and her compatriots confront the first teaching of the banned Order of Morkwa: The Important Things Are Always Hidden.