Times of Change: Transgressor Trilogy Book Two (Fortune's Fools)

One woman must lead her people in a desperate stand against tyranny.

“In eight generations nothing like this has been received by any Harkeran ruler. And yet now it is you, a widow, someone who has no blood-claim to the crown in your own right, who is being called upon to deal with a declaration of war.” Fate has left Jaelya Roussal ruling as Regent of Harkera at the most troubled time in its history. The Warlord Qabal Vyazin has set his sights on seizing the country and making it part of his powerful, barbaric empire, and he would crush the stirrings of the more progressive and compassionate way of life that the nation has embraced. Harkera is also home to a powerful secret which could affect the fate of all the Coalition worlds. Jaelya needs the help of every friend she can find to keep her daughter's kingdom safe. But first she has to decide if she can trust those who offer to help her protect Harkera - or if to do so risks losing everything she cares for to betrayal.Temsevar is an insignificant Periphery world on the very fringes of galactic civilization. Settled long before the rise of faster-than-light technologies and left isolated for hundreds of years, its population has degenerated into the barbarism of a medieval culture. This primitive world has nothing the wealthy planets of the Coalition could want, until it becomes unwitting host to one of their most dangerous enemies - Avilon Revid. But Temsevar has its own struggles, which are being played out against the backdrop of its harsh society and unforgiving climate.Times of Change is the second Volume in the Transgressor Trilogy. It continues the story of the events on Temsevar which began in The Fated Sky and tracks the lives of Avilon Revid, Durban Chola and Jariq Zarengor as they struggle to survive in the dangerous world of Temsevaran high politics and open warfare.The series continues with :Transgressor - Book 3: Dues of BloodThe Sabre is the most famous of the gladiatorial fighters in the Arena of Alfor. He knows how to face any opponent on the sand and has defeated them all in the blood-games patronised by the wealthy elite of medieval Temsevar. But the Warlord Qabal Vyazin has decreed the arena is to become a means of political execution and even the Sabre will have to struggle to survive. As the action on Temsevar moves to the end-game, those caught up in events find themselves polarised and choosing sides, unsure of where the dagger of betrayal may hide. But offworld influences are reaching into the planet's affairs and Temsevar itself could fall under threat from the Coalition.