Prequel to The Queen's Musketeers series by R. A. Steffan. Available only through the author's website at http://www.thequeensmusketeers.com/.

New cover edition found here Paris, 1627. Ravaged by a new outbreak of the Black Death, France is ripe for civil unrest and rebellion. When the King’s brother marches on the palace at the head of an army backed by the country’s enemies, King Louis and his wife, Anne of Austria, are driven into exile and hiding. Four years later, a young man from Gascony flees north after losing his entire family to the plague, and his land to armed peasants. Hungry and desperate, he finds himself falling in with three most unusual men and their even more unusual friends. All is not as it seems, however. What sort of intrigue has young Charles d’Artagnan stumbled upon? Author’s note: This book contains graphic depictions of sex and violence, and includes descriptions of self-injury with religious connotations. It is intended for an adult readership. We Feared to Fly contains bonus content in the form of an excerpt from the next book in the series, No Haven Beckons. Based on Alexandre Dumas’ D’Artagnan Chronicles, one of the historical fiction series best sellers of all time, now on Kindle. Categories: historical fiction on France, alternate history, musketeers, 17th century.

New cover edition found [here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41208692-the-queen-s-musketeers). France, 1631. Now that Ana María’s identity is known, her enemies are closing in from all directions. D’Artagnan must help Athos, Porthos, and Aramis protect and hide her until her baby is born, but is there a traitor in their midst? In an attempt to stay one step ahead of the assassins, d’Artagnan and Athos undertake a dangerous mission that will test their endurance and strength of will to the utmost degree. Failure could lead to the deaths of all their friends, and d’Artagnan is not prepared to lose his new family so soon after losing his old one. Author’s note: This book contains graphic depictions of sex and violence, and includes descriptions of self-injury with religious connotations. It is intended for an adult readership. No Haven Beckons is the second book in The Queen’s Musketeers series. Clocking in at 60,000 words, it is novel-length.

New cover edition found [here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41208669-the-queen-s-musketeers). Paris, 1640. When Milady arrives on Aramis’ doorstep in the middle of the night and collapses from a head injury, all she can remember for certain is that her nine-year-old daughter is in terrible danger. But there is far more at stake than a simple kidnapping. The Flemish ambassador to France is dead, and Milady’s husband Athos now languishes in the Bastille after publicly confessing to the murder. Spain is demanding his immediate execution, and the diplomatic crisis has the two countries poised on the brink of a war France cannot possibly hope to win. With a purloined brass seal the only clue to the mystery of the ambassador’s death, Milady and Aramis must search high and low for the man behind the web of conspiracy and assassination. From the dark underbelly of France’s child sex trade to the glittering world of the fashionable Parisian salons, danger and intrigue await them at every turn. Can a desperate mother and a musketeer-turned-priest discover the truth in time to avert war, and save their loved ones’ lives? Author’s Note: This book contains graphic sex and violence. It is intended for an adult audience.