War-ku

While the king of Jeva is being assassinated as part of a coup, his grandson and heir, having been born just minutes earlier,is whisked to safety by loyal friends of his mother, the Princess Li-Meri.Forced into exile and hiding, Li must come to terms with a radically different way of life and the impact of that new life on her expectations,values and emotions.
When news from the capital forces Li to think again about her exile,she returns to the Citadel to face attempts on her life and that of the heir from rivals within Jeva. Dangers which are eclipsed by the realisation that her son's life is threatened also by a secret and ruthless group of assassins seemingly employed by a foreign power.
Thwarted at every turn by her enemies,Li must somehow protect her infant son while struggling to establish order in Jeva and to discover the identity of the assassins' employer, the only way to end the threat to the boy's life.