Witchy winter : war comes to the serpent kingdom
(Book)

Sequel to: Witchy Eye

Sarah Calhoun paid a hard price for her entry onto the stage of the Empire of the New World's politics, but she survived. Now Sarah rides north into the Ohio and her father's kingdom, Cahokia. On the way, Sarah must master her people's inscrutible folkways. Plus, she'll need to watch her own back -- for treachery can arise both from without her circle of allies, and within. Finally, to capture the Serpent Throne, she'll have to defeat seven potent candidates each drawn to the chance to acquire supreme power over the land itself. She must triumph over the king's regent. And finally, Sarah must learn the will of a hidden goddess, if she hopes to avoid destroying her own soul in the attempt to claim her birthright. In New Orleans, a new and unorthodox priest arises to plague the chevalier and embody the curse of the murdered Bishop Ukwu. He battles the chevalier's ordinary forces as well as a troop of Old World mamelukes for control of the city and the mouth of the great Mississippi River. Dodging between these rival titans, a crew of Catalan pirates-whose captain was once a close associate of Mad Hannah Penn-grapples with the chevalier over the fate of one of their mates. Meanwhile, a failed ceremony and a sick infant send the Anishinaabe hunter Ma'iingan on a journey across the Empire to Cavalier Johnsland, to a troubled foster child named Nathaniel. Ma'iingan is promised that Nathaniel is a mighty healer and can save his imperiled baby, but first Nathaniel-a pale young man with a twisted ear who hears the voices of unseen beings-must himself be rescued, from oppression, imprisonment, and madness. --adapted from book jacket and Amazon.