A H De Carrasco: 4 books

Two mortals hang in the balance. One covets the crown. The other left his family after a tragedy for which he is blamed. Both men are irresistibly drawn to the white wanderer's gifted apprentice, Raphere, whose fierce heart imprisons them as they lay claim to her. Searching for her purpose, Raphere...

Events in Paz Etur have taken an ugly turn. Whispers of conspiracy and censure echo within the city, and deadly plots are hatched behind court ladies' fans and shimmering palace walls. Recovering from a near-mortal wound, Raphere can do little to shield those she has sworn to protect. As Head Scout...

Scout Otti tires of playing messenger boy while Head Scout Teo takes on missions that should be left to a man half his age. But when the dying Lady Glanisa entrusts Otti to deliver the most precious of cargos to her sister, Queen Tera, Otti finds himself embarking on a dangerous mission that sets...

Being a Dark Lord's daughter, Raphere refuses to be shamed by the judgmental stare of a mercenary like Rant Pae. After all, Verisa says the mortal-minded are a plague. But Raphere has spent her life trying to prove she is not like her mother--that she is greater than the darkness that surrounds her....