About the Book The sequel to The Shushan Citadel. Twelve years after the Desolation, three subterranean communities in the former Michigan-Ontario region of the Great Lakes are thriving. At the Citadel, General Haz rigidly controls Shushan while plotting to conquer the entire region. Goaded on by his Governors, he pursues the script of the Book of Esther to its violent climax. With the ominous thirteenth day of Adar fast approaching, Lady Esther recites her lines midst terror and tears while Intelligence forces scramble to rewrite the outcome. North of Shushan, a quiet monastery and an Aboriginal settlement desire only to live in peace. Under constant threat from the Citadel and surrounded by the Lawless of the Wastelands, Abbey Trádún and DúndirkaNoka are neither naïve nor defenseless. Lurking in subterranean hangars, deadly Waterbugs and Airbullets wait expectantly for the right time to challenge the CitadelÕs fierce Dragonflies.

About the Author Gloria Pearson-Vasey
Gloria Pearson-Vasey is a graduate of St. Michael´s Hospital School of Nursing, Toronto, the University of Western Ontario, and St. Peter´s Seminary, London. Born in Leamington, Ontario, in 1941, she has lived in Walkerton, Toronto, Waterloo, and Sarnia. She is a Secular Franciscan, holds a Master of Divinity Degree, and has worked in nursing, music, journalism, and parish ministry. Pearson-Vasey was a founding member of St. Francis Advocates, which serves autistic persons and their families in southwestern Ontario. With her son, Kevin, she co-authored The Road Trip: Life with Autism. Gloria Pearson-Vasey lives in the country near the Victorian town of Petrolia, Ontario, with her husband and their pets. She enjoys reading, travelling, nature, the tranquility of forests, and especially values time with her children and grandchildren.

Also by the Author The Belvedere at Stone Gate (2013)
Enigma Club (2012)
The Shushan Citadel (2007)