Jaynera the Defender

The Kingdom of Galaar is at war. In the Northern Frontier, far from the fighting, Jaynera Courtney tends her farm with her four young children and prays for her husband's safe return.

The leaves are falling. Winter is just around the corner. But for all the dangers of the Frontier, the Malpans are the last of her worries. Somewhere between ape and human, these creatures are too stupid, too docile to be any threat. Incapable of speech—let alone fire. Let alone a massacre.

Something's gotten into them. Something's set them off. Something… or someone.

Her friends and neighbors lie dead. Their homes burn—and Jaynera must become more than a frontier farmwoman. Armed with courage, rage, and a pair of flintlock pistols, she will fight to protect her children, defend the frontier, and uncover the truth behind the evil stirring in the wilds. All while hoping there's still something left for her husband to come home to…