Fantasy novel, white road, society of amazons
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1ACertainBirdman
Looking for a book I read in high school, just one of numerous books I grabbed at random from the fantasy/sci-fi section of my local library. I've tried finding it myself, now I'm going to rely on strangers on the Internet.
Things I remember:
-A group of nefarious wizards is using an army of mind-controlled (possibly, that sounds right) slaves to build a superhighway paved in white stone to moves armies cross-country. In a scene I vaguely recall, one of the wizards is walking along a finished section of the road and is dissatisfied with the progress of the slave-laborers.
-In the far north of the world is an all-female warrior society whose founder gave them the instruction "suffer not a man to lead you." This is important, because their queen has a son, who as I recall is the only male in their micro-nation. There's a scene where one of the amazons flirts with him briefly, then immediately regrets it because the queen has a standing hands-off order.
-Something about a forced political marriage? Possibly between the queen's son, mentioned above, and some woman who absolutely hates his guts? The scene was in a small chapel in the beneath-parts of whatever city they were in. (Full disclosure: it's possible this scene is from a totally unrelated book and I'm just confused, but I feel like it belongs here.)
The latest this thing would have been published is 2006. Any and all assistance appreciated.
Things I remember:
-A group of nefarious wizards is using an army of mind-controlled (possibly, that sounds right) slaves to build a superhighway paved in white stone to moves armies cross-country. In a scene I vaguely recall, one of the wizards is walking along a finished section of the road and is dissatisfied with the progress of the slave-laborers.
-In the far north of the world is an all-female warrior society whose founder gave them the instruction "suffer not a man to lead you." This is important, because their queen has a son, who as I recall is the only male in their micro-nation. There's a scene where one of the amazons flirts with him briefly, then immediately regrets it because the queen has a standing hands-off order.
-Something about a forced political marriage? Possibly between the queen's son, mentioned above, and some woman who absolutely hates his guts? The scene was in a small chapel in the beneath-parts of whatever city they were in. (Full disclosure: it's possible this scene is from a totally unrelated book and I'm just confused, but I feel like it belongs here.)
The latest this thing would have been published is 2006. Any and all assistance appreciated.
2leennnadine
This is likely one of The Recluce series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. It could be The Towers of the Sunset or Fall of Angels.
3sueelleker
I agree-it's Towers Of The Sunset. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Saga-Recluce-Year-900-1205-Engineer-ebook/dp/B01NC2NISK
