Bloodlines ~ preface

The royal family of Valdania is overthrown by their trusted friend and advisor Peter Cadman the Valdez family is forced into a life in exile in order to escape execution. The new ruler's greed brought nothing but poverty and upset to the newly named 'Lithe' however 454 years later the one remaining descendent of the Valdez family, Martha May Valdez, is back in Lithe and she carries the dreams of her people on her shoulders.