A false prophecy. The rise of a great empire. And a dangerous queen.
The second volume in this thrilling historical saga of love, passion and the destiny of strong women.
11th century North Africa. In an attempt to change her destiny, love-struck Zaynab makes a false prophecy: that she is destined to marry a man who will create an empire. Although her plan backfires, Zaynab’s intelligence, beauty and ambition leads to four marriages, each lifting her status higher.
When Zaynab becomes the queen of Yusuf bin Tashfin, leader of the Almoravid army creating an empire stretching across North Africa and Spain, her status finally seems secured. But her desperate need to be loved turns her into a vicious rival to the other women in Yusuf’s life.
Can Zaynab find the love she craves? What will happen to the empire she has co-created? Is a great queen’s destiny about to be crushed by an insignificant Christian slave woman?
