Most Glorious Land
Tales of Balia
Where will his loyalties lie?
Taken from his home in his youth, Nikolai is now a guard protecting the royal mistresses in the Most Glorious Land of Long. When invaders from his homeland kidnap the girls—and everyone else in the summer palace—he begins a journey to get help for those missing and find the truth behind the invasion.
He manages to rescue two of his charges, and with the help of a woman from his past who despises him, a guard from the main palace, and a boy who dreams of adventure, he works to restore the girls to safety, but secrets from his past, as well as secrets within the House of Long itself, threaten the entire Glorious Land. Can one tired, broken guard, even with TrueGod at his side, restore the kidnapped souls? And where does his allegiance truly lie? Nikolai must answer these questions and more as he takes a trip into a painful past and faces people and places he thought gone from his life forever.
Jill's Notes
- I am very taken with the cast of characters in this book. They worked together better than I’d hoped.
- I loosely–very loosely–based the culture in this book on a couple ancient Asian cultures. I also used Asian names. I call this genre lazy-man’s historic fantasy.
- The Bible’s Paul told slaves to honor their masters. Nikko gets to live that out and explore what it really means to honor God as well as those in authority. (Hint: It’s not easy.)
- This book is in Kindle Unlimited.