The Lord-Protector’s Daughter is a standalone fantasy novel
that takes place in Tempre, the capital city of Lanachrona
on Corus, the world of Modesitt’s Corean Chronicles.
Mykella, the eldest daughter of the Lord-Protector of
Lanachrona, discovers that someone is diverting significant
sums of money from her father’s treasury. One of the
ancient soarers appears to Mykella, telling her that she
must go to the antique stone Table in the cellars of the
Palace and find her Talent in order to save her land and
her world.
From there, matters become more perilous. There are
attempts to remove Mykella and her sisters from Tempre by
marrying them off to lords in neighboring lands, and fatal
and near fatal accidents occur to members of her family and
trusted retainers. While Mykella develops a solid idea of
who stands behind it all, every attempted solution is used
to discredit her. How can she save their father and land?