“Lily and Crown” , an 18,000 word novella, proves that diplomacy is war by other means as character dance on a graceful reel through power-plays, treachery and clashing cultures, leading to changes for two powerful kingdoms and the birth of a third. This is the origin story of Colend, a setting featured in many of Sherwood Smith’s novels about Sartorias-deles.
This book is part of the Short Stories/Novellas series and is book #7 in the series.