Keir of the Cat, Warlord of the Plains and his lady Xylara,
Queen of Xy and Warprize of the Plains are headed back to
the city of Xy so that Xylara can give birth to their heir
within the stronghold. As Always, Heath is nearby. His
friendship with Xylara has brought him far from the lands he
grew up in and taught him more than he could have imagined
about his people's ancient foes. More than that, it has
brought him close to the woman he wants to spend the rest of
his life with, but how can he ask a free spirited warrior of
the plains like Atira of the Bear to close herself within
the walls of a city? Yet how can he live without her?
Atira of the Bear finds the foreign warrior Heath very
pleasing to watch and even more pleasing when they share a
bedroll, but more relationship than that is impossible. Two
hearts can seldom bond and when they do, both suffer in her
experience. To bond would be to lose the freedom which is at
her core, that makes her who she is, yet it will not be as
easy as she thought to leave Heath behind when he returns to
live in the city.
As the Warlord and Warprize return to Xy, word comes that
there is turmoil and danger where Xylara thought to find
sanctuary. Her godfather is struck down by sudden illness
and the faction against treaty with the barbarian Plains
Warriors is strengthening, endangering both her life and the
life of her unborn child.
In this sequel to Warprize, Elizabeth Vaughan plunges
us even deeper into the intricacies of two vastly different
peoples fighting to reach some level of equilibrium. In
WARCRY as in Warprize she maintains the strong
overarching love story as a sturdy framework against which
it is easy to follow the maneuverings of the enemy and those
who defend against them.
It is difficult to fit this series into a niche. It is
fantasy in that it does not fit into known historical
periods, but with very little of the magic which often
characterizes that genre. It is most certainly romance, and
has the level of technology found within a medieval or dark
age time period, but the politics are those of another
world. Bottom line though, the books are terrific. It is
easy to become caught up in the loves and lives of the
characters in the world Vaughan has created, and that is
really all that matters to me as a reader.
All is not well in Xy. There is a faction of nobles who are
plotting against the Queen and her barbarian warlord. As
cultures clash and tempers flare, Heath and the fierce
Plains warrior woman Atira of the Bear must come together to
fight the conspiracy... and to search their hearts for
something deeper than raw passion.
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