Bond of Teadorica II: Convocation

THE BOND OF TEADORICA II, Convocation continues the saga of a close knit matriarchal society of female survivors of Roman oppression who have built a pan-European trade empire in the wake of Rome's collapse. Founded by seven fugitives who escaped bondage during the Empire's fall, the House has grown through generations of women who govern by covenant rather than conquest. But as Charlemagne rises and the Church expands its grip on trade and faith alike, the House must adapt-or vanish. The ninth century does not play out as expected.
Lyonesse, ninth ascendent to the Bond of Teadorica, brokers dangerous alliances with a rogue Viking raider and confronts the ambitions of an empire cloaked in gospel. As war, plague, and theological rigidity begin to unravel their influence, the sisters of the bond must disperse across the fractured kingdoms of Europe-from the bureaucracies of Constantinople to the merchant courts of Barcelona, to the crumbling halls of Aachen-all while preserving their rituals and legacy.