The Maid's War (The Kingfountain Series)

What if you knew a story that you could tell no oneexcept one person? The Duke of La Marche is being held prisoner in a tower over a friendship he never tried to hide. As confidant to the famous Maid of Donremy the duke should have been a hero. Instead he was locked up by his king and called a traitor. But this betrayal no longer matters to the duke. What does matter is a promise he made to a young girlto the Maid. For the Maid had been but a girl oncea girl with a name and her own astonishing storyas he had been but a boy. He knows that one day when he is old and frail another girl a poisoner will come looking for him. And he will keep his promisehe will reveal to her the Maids mystery so that destiny will be fulfilled. When Ankarette the queens poisoner arrives in enemy territory on a quest for the Maids magic sword little does she realize that shes been chosenor that the dukes story will alter the fabric of her missionand the impending war about to tear two kingdoms apart.