The Flames of Atar

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The drought has deepened spreading fear and the specter of war.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As rivers recede and old bonds unravel loyalties give way to personal ambition. In one such kingdom amid the growing unrest Princess Mahzarin stands alone against a priestly usurper.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With the lands teetering toward collapse ancient rivalries stir once more. Armies gather. Queen Lilya-guided by guile and ruthless resolve-prepares to impose her will upon the region.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Meanwhile Prince Yaya and his companions press onward toward Kuh-e Sholeh. There the temple ruins of Atar stand amid scorched earth and forgotten prayers. The next sacred element may yet be claimed but fire is not easily mastered while evil lurks in the shadows.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the world edges closer to the brink the struggle ahead will determine not only who survives but what must be sacrificed.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Flames of Atar</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the second book in </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Yazdan Trilogy</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> continuing an epic saga in which faith fractures loyalties fail and the cost of restoring order comes due.</span></p><p></p>