The first book was offered to the club last year and I loved it. I've thought a lot about my enjoyment of this series.

The continuation of the world building with the introduction of Lillybeth, the Warrior Queen. I like that we briefly (I would have liked more time on this) got to see Pela and Savannah deal with the impact of having different roles in the upcoming war and how that effected their relationship. This book picks up after the last book with Savannah and the Queens trying to figure out where the gate between past and present is located so the queens can shut it down. This is the third, and I believe final, book in the Imperial Rand series, which follows Savannah, an archaeologist from our world, try to save Rand from time traveling invaders. And while Savannah searches for her roots, an evil nemesis appears who won't stop until she is dead.ĭanger and betrayal, secrets and myths, and new lovers, are mixed into a melting pot of magic in this electrifying finale of the Rand trilogy.Ī copy of the book was provided to Sapphic Book Club in exchange for an honest review. With the help of Countess Gladofin of the House of Amarim and Queen Lilybeth of Beria, Pela desperately tries to devise a military strategy to defeat the enemy.Īs the fate of the Rand hangs in the balance, the Covenant of Queens gathers to close the Time Gateway. The enemy has air-power and bombs, something she hadn't foreseen. Soon it becomes a race against the clock to solve the mystery of the third moon and to find the site of the enemy's time passage.Īlthough Commander Pela has organized the armies into a fighting force, she is unprepared for the attack that destroys a port on the Wide Sea of Mists. Īs the battle for Rand escalates, Savannah tries to unravel the secrets of the past to enable her to understand the future.

The sweeping saga of Rand continues to its gripping conclusion.

Rand by Silvia Shaw