The Matriarch : AKM Publishing Pty Ltd : 9780648947318 : 0648947319 : 01 Oct 2020 : Her citizens are oppressed. His society is diminishing. In a frantic bid for survival, can their fiery union save their peoples? On a scorched and barren future Earth, Yolanda is her people's only hope. As Matriarch of an all-female nation, the battle-hardened commander fights an impossible war while desperately seeking a way to stop her subjects from dying of thirst. But when the enemy king is beheaded by his own warrior son, she's offered a truce that will bring the water they urgently need... in return for leaving her populace defenseless. With his father dead by his hand, the Hammer is determined to rebuild the shattered community the warmongering king's brutality almost destroyed. In a bold move to strengthen his dwindling numbers, he offers armistice to a dangerous queen and her bloodthirsty horde of fighting women. All he asks in exchange is for her to accompany him to petition the Council