Smoke and Gold

When Eridein Kaspers is invited to be a potential suitor to the prince of the Golden Throne, the reigning power in post-nuclear California, it is the opportunity of a lifetime--to assassinate him. Now entwined in the dark plots of the court, Eridein is caught between new alliances and duty to her cause.

Chapter 1
Storm warning sirens wail around me as I run through Arling’s central market. The wind whips the sand up into my face and ...