New York Occasions Bestseller * New York Public Library Ideal Reserve of 2016 * Chicago Public Library Best Reserve of 2016 * Kirkus Best Book of the Year

Followers of acclaimed author Kendare Blake’s Anna Dressed in Blood will devour Three Dark Crowns, the initial book in a dark and inventive fantasy series around three sisters who also must fight towards the death to be queen.

In every generation within the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets exists: three queens, all similar heirs towards the crown and each around three Dark Crowns possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is usually a fierce elemental, in a position to spark starving flames or vicious storms on the snap of her fingertips. Katharine is certainly a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much being a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to be capable of bloom the reddest increased and control the fiercest of lions.

But becoming the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal delivery. Each sister has to fight for this. And it’s not really a game of win or eliminate…it’s lifestyle or death. The night time the sisters change sixteen, the fight begins. The final queen standing has got the crown.

Don’t miss Five Dark Fates, the thrilling summary to the series, to arrive September!