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The King’s Mistress - The first of the Niscerien Chronicles

Available now as an e-book too from Amazon on Kindle and from Waterstone's in e-pub. (See news)

Book signing at Waterstone's Bath. See News.

The book cover describes the story as below;

"Queen Bertal prematurely gives birth to her second child late in pregnancy on a winter walk. Though very ill, both she and the baby Prince Gudrick
survive.

Eilana, an ostler’s daughter, has just given birth to a baby boy in disgrace, two weeks before her Maiden’s Day. As the only new mother within the
Castle Nisceriel, she is taken with her child into the Royal Quarters as wet nurse to the new Prince.

Over the next fourteen years, unconsciously at first, then with raw ambition, Eilana establishes herself within the Royal family with the help of her
elder brother. Her son Harlada is raised alongside the Prince and they become inseparable.

Eilana becomes Mistress to King Gudmon and bears him a son, the bastard Prince Gudfel. Now, her ambitions change, as she sets about getting him
the throne, by whatever means necessary.

To succeed she will need to eliminate all those who threaten her or stand in her way, including her lovers, her friends and even her own eldest son."

But there is far more to it than that!

We have created this website to help you enjoy your experience with Nisceriel. Characters and Places are listed as in the book's bibliography. There is also a gallery of pictures of places that inspired the author and around which certain episodes in the story are based. Contact details are given too so please do send us any comments or queries you may have. The Nisceriel page explains some of the ways of Nisceriel. Some readers have found it easier to read this first, to help their early understanding, others like to read on and discover these things as they go.

For every reader, this is your fantasy. Just enjoy it.

The King’s Mistress is the first book in the Niscerien Chronicles.

The King's Mistress stands alone as a book, but the story continues in The King Mother, due for publication late in 2011.

The King's Mistress is an adult Fantasy Fiction novel by Ray Tyrrell