And Less Than Kind

Heroine, Arise!

King Henry VIII has finally joined his unmerry wives in the afterlife, and the Dark Elves, are bent on subverting the English throne and bringing back the horror and despair of the Dark Ages.  Enlightenment's hope?  A mere fourteen-year-old girl.  Named Elizabeth.  Whether immortal lord or malicious mortal, young Elizabeth Tudor's enemies cross her at their peril!

"Lackey and Gellis blend the best of high fantasy with a grand dose of English history."
—Publishers Weekly on the "Sceptr'd Isle" series.

Cover Art by Larry Dixon

Hardcover
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, April 2008

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Pages by Joy Freeman (www.pagesbyjoy.com)
Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5533-9
ISBN-10: 1-4165-5533-1

Copyright© 2008 by Mercedes Lackey & Roberta Gellis

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