Janny Wurts Books in Order

When her father and brother are killed, young Mara of the Acoma becomes head of a vulnerable noble house in the ruthless Tsurani Empire. To keep her people alive, she must outwit assassins, bend rigid tradition and turn the deadly Game of the Council to her own ends.

Now a powerful player in the Game of the Council, Mara of the Acoma faces sworn enemies who will risk anything to see her destroyed. When she buys a group of Midkemian slaves, one of them—Kevin of Zūn—forces her to question the very foundations of the Tsurani Empire she serves.

Mara’s bold reforms and rising influence have made her a legend to commoners and a threat to the Empire’s most powerful factions. As assassins strike at her family and the Assembly of Magicians moves to crush her, she must gamble everything to change Kelewan—or die trying.