The Seven-Petaled Shield: Book One of the Seven-Petaled Shield

Eons ago, a great king used a magical deviceNthe Seven-Petaled ShieldNto defeat the forces of primal chaos, but now few remember that secret knowledge. When an ambitious emperor conquers the city that safeguards the Shield, the newly widowed young queen, guardian of the heart-stone of the Shield, flees for her life, along with her adolescent son. Original.