A Princess of the Chameln

From the back cover of the Baen first printing: "First, they murdered her parents... Even as the King and Queen lie dying, the armies of the Mel'Nir swarm across the borders. And so Aidris, Princess and heir to the kingdom of Chameln, must flee her land or herself be killed... or worse, made the wedded slave of a barbarian king. Thus begins the adventures of a maiden born to rule who must first learn the arts of survival in a world where every man's seems raised against her. Only then can she control the Power that dwells within her and be ready when her people come to claim her as their Queen: ready to rule, ready to fight - ready to die that her country may live free. For if she cannot or will not save them, then the people of Chameln will be slaves forever."