Red Gloves

A prophecy has been sown, like seeds on the wind, across a land ravaged by a magical war. But to be sure of success, to be sure a Chosen one will emerge to lead their people to victory and freedom, more than one seed must be sown . . . . . . but what happens if it leads to the appearance of more than one Chosen leader?Red Gloves, named for the gloves she never removes, is a tough-as-boots mercenary. She takes no nonsense, pulls no punches, seizes what she wants and leaves when she's done. So when she stumbles across a derelict mansion in a storm she takes shelter inside, despite the protests of the resident goatherd, and is less than impressed when he claims a birthmark marks her as the Chosen one, born to help her people free themselves and reclaim their land.Her inclination to help dwindles still further when she discovers there's no money, no reward, and nothing to gain but a difficult, bloody battle against the odds in store for the Chosen. She takes what she wants, and she leaves.But the goatherd preys on her mind . . . and when circumstances force Red back to the mansion, it's with more inclination to help. Impossible odds and bloody battles are very much her style, after all. Persuaded, reluctantly, to join the fight Red is poised to do her thing, when it turns out she's not the only Chosen in the race for freedom, and the crown . . .