Tara is home, her children are safe, and Darius, as autocratic as ever, has indeed learned that Tara is much more important to him than infidelity ever was. The Runner and the Gothman tribes now live in comparative peace with each other but Tara's peace is about to be shattered at yet another revelation. When Tasha, Tar's half sister whom little love was lost between to begin with, returns to the Runner home camp and tries to attack Tara, things go seriously awry .While Tara had been captured and presumed dead, Darius had taken out his frustrations elsewhere, and had badly raped and beaten her half sister Tasha. Tasha had fled and recovered but the rape had resulted in a child, a male child who looks almost identical to Tara's own son, Andru but younger and when Tara sees the child and discovers who its mother is, fury overtakes her. When Darius and Patha, the Runner Leader, catch up with Tara and Tasha, they are involved in a deadly fight and upon breaking up the fight Tara banishes Tasha and the child from Runner and Gothman territories with death waiting if they should ever return. With Tasha and her son Tigo banished, Darius must again try and find some way to repair the fragile trust that had been building between himself and Tara.

In order to keep the peace while Tasha recovers enough to leave, Patha sends Darius and a still furious Tara out on a mission to talk with the Cave People. The Cave people have told them of a faction that has developed a powerful gas weapon capable of killing entire villages. As they talk with these people they uncover a much deadlier threat. The Moon people, earth colonists on the moon prior to whatever disaster had befallen earth, have found a way to return. Their return however is not to interact peacefully or honorably with the earth bound races but to steal both males and females to provide the increasingly infertile Moon People with babies, or as Tara discovers when she is "captured", provide one female with a baby.

In the ensuing battle, Tara escapes and knowing where Tasha and Tigo have gone, steals Tigo and uses him as a negotiating tool in a treaty with the female leader of the Moon People. Thus protecting both the Gothman and Runner peoples and Andru's succession to Darius' rule as leader of the Gothman people.

The story however, is not over, and in surprise retaliation, Tasha kidnaps Andru in much the same way Tara had stolen Tigo. Will this undo everything Tara has worked so hard to prevent? Will Darius and Tara find their beloved son before harm befalls him? Will they find him at all?

This second novel in the Nuworld series is every bit as engrossing as the first, perhaps even more so as you follow the growth and development of the characters and it leaves you eagerly anticipating the next novel, All For One. An excellent story with some very unexpected and sometimes disturbing twists.

Synopsis
A pending attack from a people known as the Lunians forces Lord Darius and Tara to stand together and protect their growing kingdoms. The Lunians once inhabited Nuworld but migrated to its moon. Their plans for Nuworld's current inhabitants are hideous and immoral.

It is a race against time as war erupts against the Lunians. A vision guides Tara and Darius as they battle to save their right to exist on their planet. If they fail, both Gothman and Runners will be reduced to breeding stock for their ancestors. Every moral and value will be put to the test during this bloody battle to save Nuworld.

This second book in the Nuworld series shows Tara and Darius battling for control in their relationship and as leaders of their people. Both are headstrong and dominating, making this a dynamic book where willpower wars as strong as warriors battle.

Note: Nuworld is a passionate and intense place. This story features some scenes of violence against women and may not be suitable for more sensitive readers.

Publisher Note: This story was previously released elsewhere, and has been revised for publication at Cerridwen Press.