"The second book in the Dark Star trilogy ... Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. It's also the story of a century-long feud--seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch--that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one...

When Joseph hears a lion's roar across the East African savannah, he disobeys his father by befriending the lion and his cubs, and tries to save the pride from the threat of traders who Joseph fears are aligned with his father.

"Ex-covert-ops soldier Paul Janson and his sharpshooting partner, Jessica Kincaid, set out to rescue the wife of an oil executive who has been kidnapped by Somali pirates."--Provided by OCLC.