The King-Killing Queen by Shawn Speakman

Author: Shawn SpeakmanPublisher: Grim Oak PressHardcover: 288 pagesPrinting: 1stISBN: ‎ 978-1956000351Release Date: November 14, 2023Signing Date: January 11, 2024Personalization: AvailableNote: Signed on title page Book Description: 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 orpha