For the fans of George R. R. Martin … From the pen of New York Times bestseller Susan Sizemore, an all-new full-length novel that sweeps you into a strange new world of fantasy, romance and adventure… On the island world of three moons, after years of war, Naval Surgeon Megere Cliff returns home to find herself caught between her obligation to her family and her need to be free at last. But duty must always command her, and so she puts herself on the marriage mart, in the rites of the Seeker Season. Beautiful, intelligent, and brave, Megere attracts suitors who view her as prime breeding stock, but beneath the frivolity of the parties and balls, trouble is brewing. Caught between conspiracies and fanatics, danger buffets Megere. Should she trust the enigmatic, imperious Lord Adrew North? Or is he the very enemy she fears?

When a mysterious object falls from the sky on an ocean world, the humans and sentient octopi who uneasily share the world work together to discover the meaning of the mystery. "My Dearest" is a stand-alone story set in the same fantasy universe as the fantasy novel MEMORY OF MORNING.