Arrow's Fall

Talia, the Queen's Own Herald of Valdemar, comes back to court to find the Queen and her heir under pressure. Elspeth, heir to the throne, has reached an age to marry, and several factions are working to shape whom she will wed and what her future holds.

Talia is close to identifying the traitor behind the scheming when she is pulled away. The Queen picks her to travel to the neighboring kingdom and judge whether a marriage proposal from Prince Ancar deserves a yes.

The mission turns out to be about far more than wedding preparations. At Ancar's court Talia finds a magic unlike the Heralds' own, an ancient and evil sorcery that could bring down all of Valdemar.

This is the third book in the Arrows trilogy, classic epic fantasy set in Valdemar. The story splits Talia's attention between a court conspiracy left unfinished and a foreign power hiding something worse. Everything depends on whether she can get word to her Queen before the sorcery spreads.