Across the Goddess Lands (Kalie's Journey, Book 4): Adventures in the World of Kalie's Journey by Sandra Saidak

Cultures clash at the end of the stone-age as the first horsemen of Central Asia meet the Goddess Worshippers of Old Europe. Across the Goddess Lands includes three full length novellas, all set in the universe of the Kalie’s Journey series. Web of Honor is all new, while Oathbreaker’s Daughter and In the Balance are previously published classics. Web of Honor The uneasy truce between the people of the Goddess and the Wolf tribe threatens to come apart when their king falls seriously ill and a fight for power ensues. Tarina, a gifted healer and Layla, her headstrong apprentice, are pulled into a web of intrigue and deceit. As their attempt to save King Varlas is thwarted at every turn, they discover that the fate of both worlds may well rest in their hands. This never-before published story takes place after Keepers of the Ancient Wisdom, so you might want to read the series first. Oathbreaker’s Daughter Malana, daughter of a nomad chief, is caught up in a deadly quarrel between her father and a neighboring chief. When Malana is dishonored as revenge for her father’s oath-breaking, she knows that only her death can set things right for her family. But fate intervenes, offering Malana a life of possibilities she had never imagined. And when her new life is threatened by the old one, Malana discovers that she must not only act to save herself, but her new world as well. Oathbreaker’s Daughter was released earlier as a stand-alone novella. In the Balance Chief Yuraak leaves the tribe of Aahk with a handful of followers and dreams of wealth and power. When he meets a village of gentle Goddess worshipers he thinks he’s found easy pickings. But fate has lessons in store for both groups.In the Balance previously appeared in the collection of the same name.