Secrets of the Sands

Cafad Scratha, a powerful desert lord with a persecution complex, believes everyone is lying to him. When his obsession collides with the king's efforts to rebuild the shattered realm, the orphaned street-thief Idisio and the king¿s emissary Alyea become pawns in their multilayered game. The secret world into which Idisio and Alyea are drawn will not only change their lives: it will change them.

Leona Wisoker got her start as a writer when she was eight, with a story about all the vacuum cleaners in the world breaking down at the same time. Ever since then she has successfully used the excuse of writing to avoid housework, even going so far as writing poetry (which is then safely locked away in a lead-lined box) when nothing else will save her from chores. Her short stories have appeared in Futures: Fire to Fly and Anotherrealm; she is a regular reviewer for Green Man Review and Fantasy Magazine. She has lived in Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, New Hampshire, Las Vegas, Alaska, California, and Vi9rginia; has experienced the alternate realities of Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, New York, and Italy; and believes that "home is wherever my coffee cup is filled." Secrets of Blood and Sand is her first novel.She currently lives in Virginia with an extraordinarily patient husband and two large dogs.She almost never vacuums.