Sojourner's Truth

There is a mighty Empire that rises out of the ashes of a nearly destroyed world and rules the known world with order. Far away the Burrows a secret hidden culture is blossoming. The Burrows embrace a life far different from the authority of the powerful Empire and they fear that discovery will end their society and so they devise a plan. Central to their strategy is their Master Storyteller the frail and aging Sojourner a woman of uncommon gifts. Can she convince the harsh Emperor Kalig to consider peace before the Burrows is conquered and their amazing technologies captured?