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Magic, adventure, secret, and romance combine within this epic debut when a young princess need to reclaim her inactive mother’s throne, learn to be a ruler-and defeat the Crimson Queen, a robust and malevolent sorceress decided to destroy her.

On her behalf nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets from a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who adores books about The Queen from the Tearling: A Novel and learning, Kelsea bears small resemblance to her mom, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her throat hangs the Tearling sapphire, a jewel of immense marvelous power; and associated her may be the Queen’s Safeguard, a cadre of courageous knights led from the enigmatic and devoted Lazarus. Kelsea will require them all to survive a cabal of enemies who will make use of every weapon-from crimson-caped assassins towards the darkest bloodstream magic-to prevent her from putting on the crown.

Despite her royal blood, Kelsea feels like nothing a lot as an insecure woman, a child asked to lead a people and a kingdom about which she knows next to nothing. But what she discovers in the capital will change everything, confronting her with horrors she hardly ever imagined. An take action of singular daring will throw Kelsea’s kingdom into tumult, unleashing the vengeance from the tyrannical ruler of neighboring Mortmesne: the Crimson Queen, a sorceress possessed from the darkest magic. Right now Kelsea will quickly discover whom among the servants, aristocracy, and her personal guard she can trust.

But the search to save lots of her kingdom and meet up with her destiny has only just begun-a wondrous trip of self-discovery and a trial by open fire that will produce her a legend . if she may survive.

This book will be a beautifully designed package with illustrated endpapers, a map of the Tearling, and a ribbon marker.