A Republic soldier A reluctant Emperor When love and duty collide, who wins? Layla is a patriotic soldier of the Altainan Republic. And patriots don’t ally themselves with rival empires. But when she reencounters the handsome imperial noble she fell in love with years before, she falls again. Hard. And she decides: she’s going to marry that man. Duty be damned. Unfortunately, he’s also the new Valharan Emperor. And their planets are about to go to war. As tensions rise between the two worlds, Layla’s attempts at neutrality go awry. She finds herself unsafe and threatened, a foreigner no matter where she lands. Eventually, instability in their isolated galactic community leaves it ripe for invasion. Layla has to overcome her dual loyalty and end this war for once and for all–before the Whorl goes up in flames, and she loses the man she loves.

A young woman navigates an alien world and fights her spouse for an empire. The fiery but compassionate Mira has vowed to lead the planet of Aluzamoak and its empire with her spouse, native-born Zaraith. Breaking their vows means death. When Zaraith begins to exploit his authority, Mira questions every role she plays on his world. The mystical elders that elected them keep their knowledge and operations opaque, leading to more questions. Mira must navigate alien cultures and politics to find an answer to an intractable problem: keep her vows to Zaraith or keep the vow she has made to take his place. The Elders' Sequence is a science fantasy epic of adventure, dark deeds, and discovery. Enter a world of alien culture and politics, galactic empire, romance, and mysticism.