Darksong Rising, the third book in New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s epic fantasy series the Spellsong Cycle about a singer and music instructor at Iowa State University who gets far more than she expected when she is magically transported to the world of Erde.Anna, regent of Defalk, faces enemies foreign and domestic who wish to crush her for weilding too much power as well as being a woman. Even within her own realm she faces the threat of civil war. The solutions to all of these challenges is magical, but Anna has learned that powerful magic comes at a high cost. The Spellsong CycleThe Soprano SorceressThe Spellsong WarDarksong RisingThe Shadow SorceressShadowsingerOther series by this author: The Imager PortfolioThe Saga of RecluceThe Corean ChroniclesThe Ghost BooksThe Ecolitan Matter