[The Pentacle War 01] • The Pentacle War · Book One - Hearts in Cups

A quest to find a lost prince. A duke goes to war to be made a king. A young man and woman discover love in a season of strife. A woman of arcane power exceeds her own expectations, to the damnation of them all.

The Pentarchy, a vast kingdom created and controlled by the Heads of five Great Houses: Sandovar, Langstraad, Tuenth, Creon and Mirvanovir. Together with five Minor Houses, these Houses rule their lands with powers political and arcane. This is the Magic of the Pentarchy. This is what keeps the Pentarchy safe from the outside world. But it may not prevent the Pentachy from being destroyed from within.

As the threat of civil seems fated to become reality, Hollin Medicat Lir, Duchess of Langstraad and Head of one of the Great Houses, must find a solution to the impending crisis. Confident, independent and willing to take the initiative, Hollin is more than a match for any who stand in her way. But, as deeds of valor tangle with those of deceit, it may be the many shifting facets of magic, in all its guises, that will determine the ultimate fate of the realm and save the Pentarchy from those who seek to corrupt it.

And far to the south, at the Scholastium Arcana, where the tenets of High Magic are studied and taught, the reclusive and mysterious Mage Masters, forbidden to meddle in the internal politics of the Pentachy, watch and wait.

Evocative and atmospheric, The Pentacle War: Book One - Hearts in Cups is an historical fantasy filled with memorable characters whose fates lie in the action of adventure and the politics of power. “…once the game has been set in motion it will go on whether you will or no."