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L’Impero di Ambha si sta sgretolando. Una terribile guerra di successione si profila all’orizzonte. L’unica speranza di pace risiede nel misterioso regno delle ceneri, dove i mortali possono trovare ciò che cercano negli echi dei sogni dei loro antenati. Il prezzo per arrivarci è altissimo, ma Arwa è determinata a compiere il viaggio. Rimasta vedova in seguito a un brutale massacro, ha giurato di servire la famiglia imperiale fino alla fine.

In the notorious Conciergerie Prison, Marie Antoinette is having her cards read. What solace can the tarot give her now, in the midst of the Reign of Terror, when outside her cell the mob is baying for her blood? Kate, a young Irishwoman whose fortunes have seen her travel from maid to closest confidant of Mademoiselle Lenormand, the infamous Tarot Reader of Versailles, sees the Queen of France's cards and knows what's in store for her. As the French Revolution is consumed by frenzied violence, Kate must use all her wiles to ensure that Marie Antoinette's fate doesn't become her own.

Iceland, 976—Freydis Eiriksdottir, born to a völva mother and berserker father, lives a quiet life on her remote farmstead. Busy dreaming of the sea and haunted by the loss of her mother, she has no idea what the Norns have in store for her. When her father, Eirik the Red, marries the daughter of a powerful chieftain, the course of Freydis's life changes forever. Deciding that Freydis would be better off with the Gothar, Eirik sends his only daughter to serve the Norse gods. Freydis learns the ancient ways and discovers that her world is endangered.

Ett fantastiskt hovdrama i 1500-talets Sverige av oslagbara Anna Sparre! När den 14-åriga Gunilla Bielke gör entré som hovjungfru år 1582 är hon den yngsta någonsin. Hon är föräldralös och tystlåten, men bär på en särskild värdighet som gör henne immun mot hovets skvaller. Hon verkar oåtkomlig men fångar snart kungens öga. Efter drottningens plötsliga bortgång tar kungen Gunilla till sin hustru. Som ung drottning är hon hatad av många, men vägrar låta hovets intriger tära på henne och vänder sig i stället till sin make.