When Jessabel Archarde, her Indian husband and their friends are captured by pirates, all seems lost. Rescued by an English ship, they find themselves transported back to London. Jess seeks an audience with Queen Elizabeth I to ask for their release and that of Enrique, imprisoned in the Tower of London as an enemy of England. Jess finds Elizabeth unsympathetic to their plight and apparently unwilling to free her Spanish captive. But to her great surprise, the Queen arranges a secret meeting with Enrique. Dare they hope for more, including their freedom? The Lyon Saga, a series of five books covering 25 years, tells the story of these first colonists through the eyes of Jessabel Archarde. Her compelling story is skillfully interwoven with actual events of that time period as they happened, or might have happened, including roving Spanish soldiers, marauding Indians, diseases and other hardships. Action and adventure abound, and readers ages 12 and up will find themselves swept up in Jess’s eventful life. The Lyon Saga books are a fictional treat and a perfect complement to the study of America’s early colonial history.