Ulricka's Gambit

What if heresy proves the only way to avoid a holy war?

Such a war threatens the Inland Empire and the Holy Oregon. It stalks the Mother Metropolitan, as confident of its success as a Malheur Cobra hunting a barn rat.

Only the unification of two powerful clans offers any chance of escape. But the proposed bride despises the thought of marriage, and the groom might carry a genetic weakness that will doom the effort entirely.

The situation appears hopeless, and the auguries speak of annihilat...