In this final book of the Blue Moon Rising series, the rebels have taken a three-year time-out before the final battle against the Empire—planning, preparing, and producing a new generation. Even their one-time enemy, the Emperor's nephew Rand Kamal, has settled on the rebel stronghold of Blue Moon, though there is doubt about whether he is a high-ranking prisoner of war or an ally. All is peaceful—the calm before the final attack on the Empire—until Kamal's children are kidnapped. Is it a trap? There is also the problem of rebels who haven't fought a battle in far too long. Have they lost their edge? The rebel leaders must confront all these problems and more, before the four Psyclid royal children and their spouses come face to face at last with Darroch, ruler of the Regulon Empire.
Author's Note: In Royal Rebellion we not only find out if the rebels win their battle against the Empire, we see the wrap-up of the many romances that have occurred over more than a decade (not all with conventional endings), plus the beginning of new romances among the younger members of the extensive cast of characters. It would appear that complexities of the heart can be nearly as challenging and confusing as he long struggle to take down the Empire.
