Seventeen-year-old Hoshi'tiwa, the daughter of a humble corn grower, engaged to an apprentice storyteller, leads a simple life. But her world is turned upside down when she is captured by the powerful ruler of an infamous city famed for its untold wealth and legendary acts of violence. She must adapt quickly to survive, for Hoshi'tiwa has been thrown into the court of the Dark Lord, and in her struggle for power and survival, she begins an illicit affair with the one man who can destroy her . . . Set in the Toltec court, against the backdrop of Chaco Canyon and the mysterious Anasazi people, Daughter of the Sun is the unforgettable tale of one woman's struggle to survive in a world of power, seduction, murder and betrayal.
