{"product_id":"the-king-killing-queen-9781956000351","title":"The King-Killing Queen","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades 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.\u003cbr\u003eWith 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the witch saved Alafair Goode for her own reasons...\u003cb\u003eSet 400 years before the events of \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Thorn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe King-Killing Queen\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect place for new and established Speakman readers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grim Oak Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956000351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Shawn Speakman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124527268021,"sku":"9781956000351","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_773c58f3-ef79-456a-a8b4-cd3810439bb7.jpg?v=1694553811","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-king-killing-queen-9781956000351","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}