Atlan Series by Jane Gaskell

In the lost world of prehistory, a girl is born. Is she a Goddess? Cija herself believes that she is. For 17 years her mother, the Dictatress, has kept her imprisoned in a tower. She releases her, with one object in view: to seduce Zerd, the snake-scaled "Dragon-General" of an occupying army, then stab him to death. Thru the forests of the sling-using Fouls, among the reptile birds, in lands where half-human hybrids are kept as pets, Cija travels with the Northern Army... moreIn the lost world of prehistory, a girl is born. Is she a Goddess? Cija herself believes that she is. For 17 years her mother, the Dictatress, has kept her imprisoned in a tower. She releases her, with one object in view: to seduce Zerd, the snake-scaled "Dragon-General" of an occupying army, then stab him to death. Thru the forests of the sling-using Fouls, among the reptile birds, in lands where half-human hybrids are kept as pets, Cija travels with the Northern Army. In the great vicious City of the South, Zerd makes plans with the Southerners to attack the fabulous Continent of Atlan, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Cija escapes & is pursued. She finds a lover; there is fighting between the Northern & Southern armies; she suffers rape at the hands of two very different men... This fantastic story of love, jealousy & sudden death is unlike anything you have ever read. It grips the imagination from start to finish. less

Atlan BesiegedIn her quest to save the fabled Atlan, young Cija and her handsome lover, Smahil, flee the clutches of Zerd, the evil half-serpent who has conquered half the world.But, too late, they find there is no escape from their enemy--Zerd's army covers the land from hill to valley; all beings are swept along or destroyed; all cities are laid open to the plunder of his warriors.Now Cija must do the impossible... moreAtlan BesiegedIn her quest to save the fabled Atlan, young Cija and her handsome lover, Smahil, flee the clutches of Zerd, the evil half-serpent who has conquered half the world.But, too late, they find there is no escape from their enemy--Zerd's army covers the land from hill to valley; all beings are swept along or destroyed; all cities are laid open to the plunder of his warriors.Now Cija must do the impossible. She must thwart Zerd's ravenous scheme of conquest--and it is the gods' decree that she must do it alone!Part Two of the book originally published as The Serpent. less

In the bloody war over the continent of Atlan, Princess Cija has been forced to wed the invader, the evil man-serpent, Zerd. When Zerd's enemies attack, Cija flees his imprisoning castle only to be discovered by her archrival, Sedili, Zerd's former wife. Forced into captive isolation, Cija must now await her fate at the hands of this jealous, vindictive woman who will regain everything she had lost to Cija--only by the Princess' death!

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Some Summer Lands (Book 5 Of The Atlan Saga)