Book description
There was more to the brooding forest world of Mithras than the great
Hive rising from its clearing, and somewhere there was an intellect more
ruthlessly domineering than even the Lady Amalthea's. Shah could feel it
but not find it, at least not in time, and Paul with a war to prosecute,
had other matters on his mind. Deceit and treachery hung about the city
like a shroud. Who were the Hive people? Who were the Drones, and where
did they go through the high hedge that Amalthea's warriors dared not
follow? When the answer started to come and Shah understood where the
real authority on Mithras lay, it spelt danger for the Lady and for her
Hive, but mostly for Paul, trapped between the monstrous ambitions of
mad, magnificent Amalthea and the sheer power and implacable hatred of
the silent enemy that had grown weary of waiting. Jo Bannister lives
in Northern Ireland, where she worked as a journalist and editor on
local newspapers. Since giving up the day job, her books have been
shortlisted for a number of awards. Most of her spare time is spent with
her horse and dog, or clambering over archaeological sites. She is
currently working on a new series ofpsychological crime/thrillers.
