The Chronicles of Nuala Series by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel

"Closer to DUNE on an epic scale than to any of the Darkover or Pern novels." -- Shiny Book Review ******** On the planet Nuala, the scam that beguiling free-trader Silver has come to join has just been blown to the skies, along with the throne lines of three separate sovereign nations. The last male heir of one throne line, Sheel Atare, is unprepared to rule, but he's quick to seize allies wherever he can -- like the beautiful and dangerous Silver... more"Closer to DUNE on an epic scale than to any of the Darkover or Pern novels." -- Shiny Book Review ******** On the planet Nuala, the scam that beguiling free-trader Silver has come to join has just been blown to the skies, along with the throne lines of three separate sovereign nations. The last male heir of one throne line, Sheel Atare, is unprepared to rule, but he's quick to seize allies wherever he can -- like the beautiful and dangerous Silver. Now Silver has to choose: stick to the scam, or get sucked into the struggle to save Nuala -- and Sheel Atare's life. REVIEWS "A book that should be in every science fiction library as it is complex, engrossing, interesting, compelling, and outstanding. A combination of space opera, romance and mystery. Closer to DUNE on an epic scale than any of the Darkover or Pern novels. If you haven’t read FIRES OF NUALA already...you need to pick it up, pronto. Or you will be missing out on something extraordinary." —Shiny Book Review "...joining of...action and romance is nearly seamless. Kimbriel makes it look easy." —Amazing Stories Magazine "Recommended." —LOCUS Magazine "Ms. Kimbriel once again catches our fancy with a subtle and complex plot, weaving an intricate socio-political structure from an imaginative premise." —Rave Reviews (4 Stars) "I will wager that once you finish this one, you will go searching through the bookstores for the first." —Thrust Magazine less

"Closer to DUNE on an epic scale than to any of the Darkover or Pern novels." —Shiny Book Review (on The Chronicles of Nuala Series) ******** He had spent a hundred years seeking the woman called Silver; he still didn’t know if he was going to kill her. On Nuala -- planet of deadly radiation levels, humans who heal by touch, and the rarest metal in the known galaxy -- is a meeting of two con artists ripe for mischief...and maybe murder... more"Closer to DUNE on an epic scale than to any of the Darkover or Pern novels." —Shiny Book Review (on The Chronicles of Nuala Series) ******** He had spent a hundred years seeking the woman called Silver; he still didn’t know if he was going to kill her. On Nuala -- planet of deadly radiation levels, humans who heal by touch, and the rarest metal in the known galaxy -- is a meeting of two con artists ripe for mischief...and maybe murder. Two misplaced quests explode into a conspiracy of death, treason, and abduction. REVIEWS "This is a book that you really need to read if you love science fiction, romance, or any blend of the two. It’s complex, engrossing, honest, surprising, intelligent in how it deals with the problems of a completely different world with its own history and nuances, even more intelligent when it deals with the problems unwitting potential immigrants face on Nuala, and contains two realistic and root-worthy romances." —Shiny Book Review "…when one of Katharine Kimbriel’s Nuala books comes into my hands, I am instantly hooked. The climactic scenes in the trinium mines are equal to any I have ever read in excitement and impact." —Quantum 39 "There are books you read at one fast gulp, books you savor at a slower pace. For me, Kimbriel’s third action-packed science fiction novel is both: It isn’t necessary to read either of the other books to understand and enjoy Hidden Fires…but I’d highly recommend you do." —Science Fiction Review less

Nuala means survival. Survival against all odds, all enemies, all fortune. Moran, a decorated soldier, is about to marry a Nualan princess, but heirs to power and wealth have enemies, both homegrown and interstellar. There are those who would kill to keep an Axis warrior from marrying a Nualan... and those who think it’s the perfect smoke screen to conceal where the border is about to shift.