And Less Than Kind
by Mercedes Lackey , Roberta Gellis
Synopsis
HEIR TO A THRONEยพOR TO A GRAVE When it became certain that Edward VI was dying, the duke of Northumberland, who had been ruling England in his name, made a plan that would let him hold onto his power. He dared not let Mary come to the throne because she was fiercely Catholic and he had espoused the Protestant cause. And he did not want Elizabeth toโฆ HEIR TO A THRONEยพOR TO A GRAVE When it became certain that Edward VI was dying, the duke of Northumberland, who had been ruling England in his name, made a plan that would let him hold onto his power. He dared not let Mary come to the throne because she was fiercely Catholic and he had espoused the Protestant cause. And he did not want Elizabeth to rule because he knew her imperious nature would never defer to him. But there was more than one puppet master at work: The evil elf lord Vidal Dhu had no intention of losing the flood of power the misery of Mary's reign would bring the Dark Court, and intervened so that Mary was proclaimed queen. Urged by her Chancellor and the Imperial ambassador to order Elizabeth's death, Mary chose a different path to insure that Elizabeth would never reign. Mary decided to marry and bear a child to be the Catholic heir. Vidal Dhu, replete with power from the pain and terror of Mary's burning of heretics, agreed with Mary. Vidal Dhu had very special plans for Mary's child. And since Oberon and Titania had disappeared, there now was no one except the double pair of twins to stand between the mortals of England and the rule of Evil. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Praise for Mercedes Lackey: "She'll keep you up long past your bedtime." ยพStephen King "A writer whose work I've loved all along." ยพMarion Zimmer Bradley "[Lackey is] an undoubted mistress of the well-told tale." ยพBooklist "Lackey is one of the best storytellers in the field." ยพ Locus "(Lackey's fantasy] leaves us simultaneously satisfied and longing for more." ยพRealms of Fantasy "[Lackey] packs as much action, suspense and twisting of conventions into one novel as many writers invest in whole trilogies." ยพAmazing Stones Praise for Roberta Gellis: "A superb storyteller of extraordinary talent." ยพJohn fakes "[Roberta Gellis is] a master of the medieval historical." ยพ Publishers Weekly "One of the romance genre's most formi
Tropes
Tone
Content Warnings
Readers Also Enjoyed
Kushiel's Mercy
Jacqueline Carey
The Shadow Throne
Django Wexler
Kushiel's Justice
Jacqueline Carey
High Deryni
Katherine Kurtz
The Crimson Crown
Cinda Williams Chima
All the Seas of the World
Guy Gavriel Kay
The Mortal Word
Genevieve Cogman
The Price of Valor
Django Wexler
Ombria in Shadow
Patricia A. McKillip
The Hand of Oberon
Roger Zelazny
Children of Earth and Sky
Guy Gavriel Kay
Kushiel's Scion
Jacqueline Carey
The History of the World Begins in Ice
Kate Elliott
The War of Two Queens
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Gwenhwyfar
Mercedes Lackey
Hammer of God
Karen Miller
In The King's Service
Katherine Kurtz
King's Cage
Victoria Aveyard
The Empire of Gold
S.A. Chakraborty
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling