Warlady

Graham skillfully combines a murder mystery, political intrigue, and space combat in the intricate and thrilling second Calpurnian Wars space opera (after Sounding Dark). Graham fashions an elaborate and fascinating world, complete with complex history, religion, and politics, without ever sacrificing the plot's forward momentum. This polished page-turner should hook any sci-fi fan. - Publishers Weekly

With gently delivered backstory, deftly rising action, and a gorgeous re-romance, Warlady is for everyone who wants to build a better world. - E.K. Johnston, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

I love the rich, complicated world of the story, but it's the characters that really grabbed me: competent, clever, complex people, survivors who keep fighting for each other despite murder and invasion and all the rules of their culture. - Melissa Scott, legendary pioneering SFF author of more than thirty novels, winner of multiple genre awards

... politics, intrigue, the threat of war, and ancient secrets threaten not only the future of Sandrine, bodyguard to the titular Warlady, but the fate of the entire planet as well. Graham expertly weaves the personal with the political, making the fate and stakes of Sandrine's old relationship with the electromancer Jauffre as important and grounded for the reader as the fate of their entire world. - Paul Weimer, SFF book reviewer and Hugo finalist

Warlady is a worthy sequel to Sounding Dark, and a story that leaves one feeling ultimately hopeful that maybe humans can after all find their way towards making a better future. - K.V. Johansen, author of the Gods of the Caravan Road epic fantasy series