At long last, the draft for the eleventh novel in the In Her Name Saga, Quest For The One, is finished! It’s been just a tad over eleven months since I started it on 2 August 2024, and it’s the longest of the In Her Name novels.

Quest For The One is an epic tale that bridges the gap of nearly a century in the In Her Name Saga between the end of Legend Of The Sword and the beginning of Empire.

Having fallen from grace, Tesh-Dar, high priestess of the Desh-Ka, has cloistered herself away in the ancient temple of her order in hopes of restoring her honor in the eyes of the Empress. In the altered reality of the temple’s great arena, she encounters her ancient forbear Ayan-Dar, who leads her along an agonizing path to redemption.

But her trials do not end with her emergence from the arena at the summons of the Empress: Tesh-Dar is given the monumental task of finding The One spoken of in an ancient prophecy, one not of their kind who yet has a soul, who must be found among the humans, the enemies of the Empire.

With time running out, she comes face to face with Reza Gard, Esah-Zhurah, Pan’ne-Sharakh, Wiley Hickock, and others during her quest for The One who can save the Children of the Empress before their light is gone from the Universe.

I can’t give a firm release date yet, as I still have to do my revisions before it goes to the editor, and after her revisions are done, it’ll go to the beta readers, then I’ll do a final review before release. But I’m hoping for some time in August or so.

P.S. If you’d like to be a beta reader, feel free to contact me!

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