The Shadow Sorceress

The Shadow Sorceress, the fourth book in New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s epic fantasy series the Spellsong Cycle begins a new story arc for a new cycle of tales starring a new heroine who must face a series of deadly political and military threats.
Secca, a young sorceress, is thrust into a position of power and responsibility when her mentor, Anna, the legendary Sorceress Protector of Defalk, dies unexpectedly before Secca's training is complete.

Secca command all of her magical resources to suppress internal conflict in a neighboring province and face a new drumming magic that threatens the balance of power in the world. All in a world that views women as little more than than wives, mistresses or mothers. Secca will prove that she is so much more.

The Spellsong Cycle
The Soprano Sorceress
The Spellsong War
Darksong Rising
The Shadow Sorceress
Shadowsinger

Other series by this author:
The Imager Portfolio
The Saga of Recluce
The Corean Chronicles
The Ghost Books
The Ecolitan Matter