Children of the Blood

Continuing the struggle she began inInto the Dark Lands, Erinnewly dubbed Sarais forcefully put to sleep for 300 years while her Lord finishes overtaking his enemiesand Sara's kinsmen. After conquering and slaughtering the last of the Bright Heart lines, he awakens an amnesia-ridden Sara and assigns one of his slaves, a fellow "child of the blood," to comfort her. As Sara's memory slowly returns and her rage intensifies, the Servants of the Dark Heart and the Dark Heart itself become increasingly dangerous to both her and her caretaker.

Michelle Sagara West is the author of various short stories and a dozen novels, including Into the Dark Lands. She writes a review column for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and has been nominated twice for the John W. Campbell Award. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.