Story of a 12 year old princess whose kingdom is having a peasant uprising. It's set in the author's Sartorias-deles high fantasy setting, in the kingdom of Sarendan about 100 years after Norsunder conquered Sartor.
Third Inda novel, in which he goes home. It's interesting that each book had a king die off-stage, as well as multiple characters believed to be dead but aren't (though I'm just guessing the examples from this book are still alive).
Sherwood Smith, The Fox Daw (2007) ISBN: 978-0-7564-0421-5 Score: 3
Second book of the Inda quartet, full of bloody battles, heroic rescues, and surprising betrayals. This volume is set mostly at sea, and we finally learn some things about magic and the evil empire.
Next book: Mark Hodder, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack