Return to the ‘intense…erotic…and imaginative’ (Nancy Kress) globe from the country wide bestselling Dark Jewels novels in this sequel to The Shadow Queen.For a long time the Shalador people suffered the cruelties of the corrupt Queens who ruled them, forbidding their customs, punishing those that dared display defiance, and forcing many more into concealing. Now that their land has been cleansed of tainted Blood, the Rose-Jeweled Queen, Woman Cassidy, makes it her duty to revive it and show her ability to rule.But actually if Lady Cassidy succeeds, other dangers await. For the Black Widows observe visions within their tangled webs that something is coming that will modification the land-and Female Cassidy-forever…