Red Queen Ascendant

The battle for Dragonville is over and life ought to be getting back to normal for Aralaiah. But, to her chagrin, that isn't happening.

A rumour has been spreading that Red Queen was killed in the battle. Morale is tumbling and the people of Dracos are in despair. Trying to tell them that she's still alive hasn't worked. People are convinced that the authorities are lying to them, trying to conceal the fact of Red Queen's death in an effort to restore morale.

The only choice is for Aralaiah and Red Queen to go out there and show them Red Queen alive and kicking. So the two of them are off on a charm offensive, visiting the outlying communities and army camps of Dracos to do just that.

The rumours have even reached as far as the army camps in the Lowlands. Those are the camps on the front line of the war and the ones where morale is the most crucial so, risky as it is, Aralaiah and Red Queen are forced to venture right down to within sight of the enemy.

However, their mission is cut short when several of the camps, including the one where they are, are attacked. The Demorsans have a diabolical new weapon, a weapon that can kill dragons without the Demorsans ever having to get close enough to allow the dragons to strike back.

While the experts of Dracos scramble for answers to this new threat, Red Queen announces that as soon as they have them, the forces of Dracos will invade Demorsa and put an end to this war once and for all, before the Demorsans can come up with something even worse.

While the ordinary forces of Dracos swarm across the border, Aralaiah and Red Queen will lead a special strike force into the very heart of Demorsa, to the capital city and the main temple compound, to confront the high priest of the Sorcerers and his council of adepts.

But although they've had spies working in there for years and think they know what they're getting into, Demorsa holds a secret unguessed-at by the Dragonesque; a secret that will upset all their carefully-made plans and test Aralaiah and Red Queen to their limits.

Red Queen Ascendant is the sixth and final instalment of the Rainbow Dragonesque series.

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