Part Two of Deborah Cannon's epic adventure THE PIRATE EMPRESS War rages on the Wall and pirates tyrannize the south coast. Li's young son is kidnapped. Her soldier lover defends the frontiers, and her warlock grandfather battles the sorcery behind the Empire's collapse. She is abandoned to the mercy of the pirates where a nine-headed water god rules the seas and a cruel admiral makes her his wife. In this frightening new world Li discovers she has powers of her own. She learns how to fight and to survive-with the goal to rescue her son. "A Sweeping Odyssey, captivating from cover to cover." - Midwest Book Review (MBR Bookwatch USA)