Remembered plot: The heroine goes on a quest/ mission to get a super weapon/magic item that would save the day and defeat the "evil" empire. Somehow gets stuck in time and comes back to find her kingdom lost the war and the new people aren't that bad. Book centers around her acceptance of this. I think there was also some romance with the new prince being the love interest.Time: This was probably 10+ years ago if not longer.
Time stole victory.Medair an Rynstar returned too late to drive back the Ibisian invasion. Centuries too late.When friend and enemy have become the same thing, what use are the weapons Medair planned to use to protect her Empire? There is no magic, no artefact, no enchanted trinket which can undo the past.But no matter how Medair wishes to hide from the consequences of her Time stole victory.Medair an Rynstar returned too late to drive back the Ibisian invasion. Centuries too late.When friend and enemy have become the same thing, what use are the weapons Medair planned to use to protect her Empire? There is no magic, no artefact, no enchanted trinket which can undo the past.But no matter how Medair wishes to hide from the consequences of her failure, there are those who will not allow her the luxury of denying the present. Her war is already lost, but she carries weapons which could change the course of new battles.With the skirmishes of war beginning, and hunters in near pursuit, it is her conscience Medair cannot escape. Whose side should she be on? What is she really running from? ...more