A lush and vivid story steeped in Indian folklore and mythology,
Roshani Chokshi's The Star-touched Queen is a novel that no reader
will soon forget. An instant New York Times Bestseller!
Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen
of a kingdom when you're only seventeen?
Maya is cursed. With a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and
Destruction, she has earned only the scorn and fear of her father's
kingdom. Content to follow more scholarly pursuits, her whole world is
torn apart when her father, the Raja, arranges a wedding of political
convenience to quell outside rebellions. Soon Maya becomes the queen of
Akaran and wife of Amar. Neither roles are what she expected: As
Akaran's queen, she finds her voice and power. As Amar's wife, she finds
something else entirely: Compassion. Protection. Desire...
But Akaran has its own secrets -- thousands of locked doors, gardens of
glass, and a tree that bears memories instead of fruit. Soon, Maya
suspects her life is in danger. Yet who, besides her husband, can she
trust? With the fate of the human and Otherworldly realms hanging in the
balance, Maya must unravel an ancient mystery that spans reincarnated
lives to save those she loves the most... including herself.