Reign of Serpents
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Prince Alexander, his eyes aglow with what appears to be insanity, has been overtaken by an evil that threatens Macedon. Has Alex been led to this dark fate by his own mother? Queen Olympias has sacrificed much for her son but is she about to sacrifice him to her own ambitions?
Persian princess Zofia knows it is her destiny to mix blood with Prince Alexander. If Zo can find the legendary Spirit Eaters, she might escape her fate and protect both her people and the citizens of Macedon from the coming devastation.
Princess Cyn is about to become ruling Queen through marriage to the mad king of Illyria. But if she can attain the power of Smoke Blood, she will not only free herself from her deranged husband but attain enough strength to be sole ruler of her mother's native land.
Trapped on a tiny island with the love of his life, Hephaestion feels as if he has landed in purgatory. For each day brings reminders that Katerina is the true princess of Macedon, and a woman who can never be his.
Praise for New York Times–bestselling author Eleanor Herman's Blood of Gods and Royals series:
"A mingling of history, intrigue, romance, murder, and magic." —Cinda Williams Chima, New York Times–bestselling author of The Seven Realms series
"History buffs and fantasy fans won't want to miss out on this mind-blowing new series." — San Francisco Book Review
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About the author
Eleanor Herman is the New York Times–bestselling author of Sex with Kings and Sex with the Queen, non-fiction works on the love lives of European royals through the centuries. She also wrote Mistress of the Vatican, the biography of a woman who ran the Catholic Church in the seventeenth century for her reputed lover, Pope Innocent; and King Peggy, the true story of a Washington, DC, secretary who became a king of Ghana. In 2015 Herman published her first young adult novel. Legacy of Kings is the first of four books on the adventures of Alexander the Great at age sixteen. It has been optioned by the WB network for a TV series. Herman has made television appearances sharing her historical expertise on National Geographic, the History Channel, and the American Heroes Channel. She lives in McLean, Virginia, with her husband, four rescue cats, and a dog.
