Heart of Tunise

A deranged dragon bent on revenge. A band of children with a taste for steel. Dark magic with underworld connections.Plantations in the province of Tunise, famed for fertile soils and temperate climate, were an idyllic place to live...until the ascent of Emperor Madrid. One by one, the farms have fallen to the Citadel, the production of food now controlled by a cartel of merchants who answer to Madrid.The Emperor's eye has settled on the family of Parisa, the Heartbearer of Tunise. Past failures and future plans have given Madrid a burning desire for revenge - intent on making her pay for rebelling against his rule, for resistance to his will is futile and often deadly.Citadel armies descend and flames rise as Tunise is put to the torch, including the beloved Oakwood forest, makeshift home to the child refugees of the salt mines of Shadra. A fruit farmer with past grudges against Madrid joins forces with Parisa to break the Citadel's hold on her home province.Madrid has his eye on two specific prizes and he will do anything to obtain them.Even if it means a visit to the underworld.Heart of Tunise continues the epic Heart of the Citadel saga, featuring heroine dragon riders in a rebellion against a power-hungry tyrant.