Pursuit of Power

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In a world where women experience the absence of power they must create their own.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In Masunbria a land of calculating royals and imperial politics any daughter born with royal blood is presented as a child bride-an offering to a cruel culture that waged war in the land for centuries. Upon the birth of their first child-a daughter named Magdalena-the King and Queen of Masunbria resolve to keep her gender a secret and raise her as a prince they call Haluk. For twenty years the truth remains safe and Haluk is celebrated as heir to the throne. That is until their second born a son Niklaus discovers the true nature of Prince Haluk. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Enraged at the betrayal and the loss of a throne that rightfully belongs to him Niklaus reveals the treachery to his uncle Henrick - a mercurial tyrant with delusions of world domination. Henrick with his force-of-nature wife Thea and his enchanting mistress Catrain by his side convinces Niklaus to murder the king and queen and use Magdalena as a pawn to gain an alliance with the fiercest warriors ever to exist - the Typhans.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Magdalena on the run and without the respect and protection her male identity had once provided begins to learn the truth-her brother and uncle will stop at nothing for greed and glory even at the cost of innocent lives. Together with an aging military man a barkeep and an escaped Typhan whom she finds herself inexplicably drawn to Magdalena soon discovers that Haluk can't save her people -but she can.</span></p>