10-30-07 Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn - Fiction

5 - The politics and intrigue pick back up in this, the third book in the Twelve Houses series. Justin is the focus of this story in his work as a King's Rider in a kingdom on the brink of war. He is sent to spy on the Lumanen convent, run by the fanatical Lestra, sister of the leader of the uprising against the king. The Lestra preaches ridding the kingdom of all mystics, proclaiming them evil and surreptitiously promoting their deaths. Again, Shinn provides yet another viewpoint on her characters as the war moves ever closer.