Saressa's Child

A warlord orders raiding parties to find and destroy the faithful followers of a goddess. A priest and followers flee and hide in a cave for safety, but the attackers approach their location. A young woman who has just discovered her true identity joins forces with others determined to rescue the trapped group and escort them to another world and safety. A peaceful king joins them after one of his subjects is kidnapped and tortured at the direction of the warlord. Together they plan to combine forces to end his tyranny. A high priestess of a dark god assists the warlord to build an army against the goddesses' followers. However, her true purpose is to locate the young woman heading toward his compound because she needs her power to escape the confines of a ruined temple. She has also summoned a demon lord from his prison in the Void and transferred him into an innocent pirate's body to assist her. The dragon guarding the greatest source of magic in existence, The Dragon's Tear, discovers her plans and summons assistance of his own to stop her. This second book in The Dragon's Tear Chronicles series follows the story of Raven and Shayla and their animal companions, a wolf named Motomo and a horse named Daybreak.