Falcon Heart

Murder, vengeance, sacrifice . . . an adventure beyond fear . . . 

A band of slavers murder stronghold daughter Kyrin Cieri's mother in medieval Britannia. Forced by the slavers to sail for Araby with an exiled warrior from the East and a peasant girl closer than blood, Kyrin learns the unarmed art of Subak from her husband-in-name to protect her from the raiders of the sands and the secrets of the caliph's court.

A strange dagger pursues her through tiger-haunted dreams, while the caliph's coils tighten.

Can Kyrin survive her enemies within and without until she overcomes the sword that took her mother and exacts justice? Trapped by intrigue between a slave she does not want to kill, her friends' destinies and her own life, Kyrin will fall into darkness with the tiger or journey beyond ... 

To keep her friends from a fate worse than death, Kyrin Cieri, keeper of the keys, takes up justice against hate and a dagger against her master's blade. She will save her companions - if she can pay the price that the secret of the falcon dagger demands. 

The first Chronicle in an epic historical fantasy series, Falcon Heart is a young adult adventure that will please fans of Lisa T Bergren's River of Time series and Stephen Lawhead's King Raven trilogy.