The King-Killing Queen - Hardcover

Name: The King-Killing Queen - Hardcover
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SKU: 9781956000351
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by Shawn Speakman

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Book Overview

In this first book of a new trilogy author Anna Smith Spark calls "a dark love letter to high fantasy," a woman discovers her unknown past carries with it a terrible future.

When Alafair Goode lay wounded during his quest to destroy Mordreadth the Great Darkness, a witch magicked and saved the future High King's life to fulfill his destiny. Thereafter, all born to his line also cannot die, to be only undone by natural death.

Decades later, Sylvie Raventress is the devoted apprentice to the Master Historian stepbrother of the High King. It is a life of scholarly pursuit and privilege where one day she will take her instructor's place and write her own histories. But beside Alafair's deathbed, Sylvie and his scions learn a surprising truth--she is no orphan but is his named heir. Worse, when he dies, the witch's curse is no more, leaving all of them suddenly mortal and vulnerable.
With her siblings loathing Sylvie's selection and vying for her throne, she must rely on a Fae guide, a disgraced former First Knight, and a cantankerous light-weaver to restore the fracturing kingdom and become High Queen. And yet the thing none of them know is destiny has its own part to play too.

For the witch saved Alafair Goode for her own reasons...Set 400 years before the events of The Dark Thorn, The King-Killing Queen is a perfect place for new and established Speakman readers.

ISBN	9781956000351
Author	Shawn Speakman
Publisher	Grim Oak Press
Genre	Literature
Format	Hardcover
Published	November 2023
Language	ENG- English
Pages	288
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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Donato Giancola teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His work has graced over 200 science fiction and fantasy novel covers, can be seen on over 100 Magic: The Gathering cards in 12 languages worldwide, and earned a long list of honors, including three Artist Hugo Awards, and six silver and two gold medals from the annual Spectrum: The Best of Contemporary Fantastic Art. He was the Artist Guest of Honor at GenCon 50 in 2017, and was named Best Cover Artist by Asimov's Science Fiction in 2017.

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