The Illyrian Chronicles: Exile

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1461144825 ISBN 13: 9781461144823

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

The Peloponnesian War is over and there is peace, even between the Illyrian Clans, until one stormy night when a traitor’s ring allows assassins into a gated fortress. In the darkest hours of that night, Juljana witnesses the massacre of the Clan Ardian. Widowed, pregnant, and disguised among the servants, she escapes with her cousin’s young son. Growing up in exile, Stefan must play the part of a servant in Juljana's new household, fully aware of the truth, that he is Illyrian, and the heir to Ardianian throne. Juljana's Macedonian husband, Gaius Camillus, knows nothing of his wife’s true identity, only that the hastily arranged marriage has given him Maia, a daughter to replace another child he lost. After the assassination of King Archelaus, Stefan joins the struggle to protect the leaderless Ardianian people while Maia secretly defies her father and answers her calling for practicing the healing arts. Gaius, determined to shield his daughter from the political chaos erupting in Macedonia, sends Maia away, to a place, where the only way back home is through a path of revelation about Stefan and her mother, leaving her to face the most bitter choice of her life.

About the Author:

In early childhood Gabrielle became fascinated with the story of Alexander the Great. She stumbled upon a history of the Illyrian culture while researching Alexander's mother, Olympias, who was a princess of Epirus. Set in 413 BCE, The Illyrian Chronicles The Illyrian Chronicles: Exile, Challenge, and The Return, are her first novels, and were written over a twelve year period while her three children were busy growing up. She now lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband and their two youngest, who are in high school. Her oldest son, Erik, is an artist, and the cover art illustrator of these editions. Currently, Gabrielle is studying Multimedia Design at Lane Community College and converting the draft of a fourth novel in The Illyrian Chronicles series, Alliance, into a screenplay. Alliance, the novel will be published in sometime in early 2013. For YouTube video of scenes from Alliance and more information go to www.TheIllyrianChronicles.com