Hadra Archives Series by Diana Rivers

Journey to Zelindar Sair is the pampered daughter of an upper-caste family until a brutal gang rape changes her life forever. Abandoned and left for dead, she walks to the ocean to kill herself. Instead she is rescued by the Hadra, wild riding-women with strange powers, women who ride their horses by consent, speak mind-to-mind with each other and are all lovers of women... moreJourney to Zelindar Sair is the pampered daughter of an upper-caste family until a brutal gang rape changes her life forever. Abandoned and left for dead, she walks to the ocean to kill herself. Instead she is rescued by the Hadra, wild riding-women with strange powers, women who ride their horses by consent, speak mind-to-mind with each other and are all lovers of women. This is Sair's own tale of her life and adventures among the Hadra, a journey that will finally take her to the fabled city of Zelindar. less

The daughters the young women bore during the passing of the Great Star possessed strange powers, which often they themselves did not understand. As they came of age, they found themselves estranged from their villages and even from their families. Driven out of their childhood homes, they found one another and formed an alliance with the Witches to create a community where they could belong... moreThe daughters the young women bore during the passing of the Great Star possessed strange powers, which often they themselves did not understand. As they came of age, they found themselves estranged from their villages and even from their families. Driven out of their childhood homes, they found one another and formed an alliance with the Witches to create a community where they could belong. In this panoramic and exciting prequel to Journey to Zelindar, Diana Rivers portrays a world of strong and sensual women, ready to defend themselves against a hostile universe without surrendering their ability to love each other.This is the first book in the Hadra series.This is book one of the Hadra series. less

This third book in Diana Rivers's critically acclaimed series chronicles the further adventures of that fiercely proud tribe of women, the Khal Hadera Lossien. Engrossing, sensual, and rich with detail, Rivers's storytelling leaves us truly believing in this fantasy tribe of lesbian warriors. The Hadra picks up where Daughters of the Great Star ends, and ends where Journey to Zelindar begins.

This is the tale of three women whose lives intertwine to transform their world - Noya, the young Hadra chosen to be councillor for Zelindar in a time of war; Amairi, the Shokarn highborn who escapes her husband's violence to become a Wanderer; and Jolaina, the Koumairi peasant girl who becomes the Zarna's lover and adviser. Together they challenge the united power of the Zarns, determined to stop them from destroying Zelindar.

In this climatic sequel to Clouds of War, the Zarns' armies are now arrayed before Zelindar, the coastal city at the the heart of the Hadra world. Working together, Noya, Amairi and Jolaina struggle to create an unlikely alliance to defend the Yarmald peninsula with a magical line of power.

Ishlair’s Councilor, Donya’s birthmother, her bondsisters and almost every Hadra in Ishlair agree: Donya needs to forget about her Shokarn lover and stay home.It wasn’t her idea to first go abroad as a Hadra spy, but now her heart belongs to Suinyari. To be with her lover means lies, deceit, even ignoring her own name—all anathema to a Hadra. But she cannot help but go back.. moreIshlair’s Councilor, Donya’s birthmother, her bondsisters and almost every Hadra in Ishlair agree: Donya needs to forget about her Shokarn lover and stay home.It wasn’t her idea to first go abroad as a Hadra spy, but now her heart belongs to Suinyari. To be with her lover means lies, deceit, even ignoring her own name—all anathema to a Hadra. But she cannot help but go back...A thief called Spider, an audacious smuggler as well as family and lovers join their voices in the story of the Hadra who fell in love with the enemy and balanced her people and her heart on the razor’s edge of fate.Diana Rivers’ Hadra series has been shortlisted for national awards and represents the continuing tradition of feminist storytelling in science fiction. less