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With his world in ruins, Kane must either run and hope monastic and royal assassins do not find him, or accept the Archbishop's offer and embrace high treason. While the opportunity to replace his father as Arkaelyon's king and bring bloody revenge down on his sister's head is appealing-more than appealing, the prospect of being a pawn in a thousand year old struggle between Orthodox Goddians and Larniusian druids disturbs his atheist sensibilities, and more so when he learns the price he must pay to be Maig's Hand. Meanwhile, Danielle's search to find the truth of her dream and the...

The Illandian Spring Tournament is about to reach its crescendo. With the king's only daughter, Danielle de Brie, and her twin brother, Kane, preparing to face each other in the tourney ring for the deciding match the citizens and nobles of Arkaelyon's capital city are in a fever of excited speculation. Determined to free herself from the fear her twin brother has always provoked in her and to show the world that men such as Kane de Brie can be defeated, Danielle has every intension of making her brother's title her own. But even as the two royals climb the stairs to Illandia's famous dueling...

In The Presidency Then and Now, leading political scientists and historians assess the development of the presidency and its role in today's political landscape. The questions addressed in this wide-ranging volume include: How has the doctrine of separation of powers evolved? How have presidential campaigns and presidential oratory influenced the constitutional character of the institution? How does the scandal-driven press coverage of the post-Vietnam and post-Watergate presidency compare with the partisan press of the early republic? Among other topics, the contributors examine the early...

This book discusses both the successes and the failures of presidential management on the Eisenhower that much can be learned from both. It fosters a fuller appreciation of Eisenhower's important legacy in organizing and managing the institution of the Presidency.