Strong, capable women, swords, kings, and Spirit Guides, sprinkled with a touch of lesbian romance.You are invited to enter Ar'rothi, a world as vividly realized as Narnia or Middle Earth, a world where animal Spirits guide humans towards enlightenment, and in which an orphaned girl and a warrior duchess must join forces against an evil that threatens everything they have learned to love.Storm clouds of war threaten to destroy the kingdom of Anacafria. The Tevaiedin, vile spirits of the underworld, have escaped bonds thought to be eternal and have attacked and killed many of the previously immortal Spirit Guides.Duchess Aurelia (Bree) Makena, first cousin to King Leopold, finds her loyalties divided. Two impossible choices, one strong-willed woman. Protect the Spirit Child who battles the Tevaiedin, or defend Anacafria against an invading armada.Duchess Rising is the second book in a powerful and moving fantasy series by Alison Naomi Holt that will appeal to fans of Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey - one that blends the lyrical and mystical with pulse-pounding action.
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