A stunning blend of vivid fantasy and political drama, The Vanished
Queen is the timely story of a young resistance fighter working to
overthrow a totalitarian ruler's regime of terror and lies.
"[G]ripping...this is the novel the world needs now" (Kate Heartfield,
Nebula Award finalist and author of Aurora Award-winning novel
Armed in Her Fashion).
Long ago, Queen Mirantha vanished. King Karolje claimed she was
assassinated by a neighboring ruler, but her people knew the truth: the
king had Disappeared her himself.
Now the queen's disappearance is hardly a memory--merely one among many
horrors the king's reign has wrought. But when Anza, a young student
impassioned by her father's unjust execution, finds the missing queen's
diary, she is inspired by Mirantha's words--joins the resistance group
to overthrow the king.
Prince Esvar is the second son to an evil king. Trapped under his thumb
and desperate for a way out, a chance meeting with Anza gives him the
opportunity to join the resistance. Together, they might have the
leverage to move against the king--but if they fail, their deaths could
mean a total loss of freedom for generations to follow. In this
dangerous game of court politics, one misstep could lead to a fate worse
than death.
Set in a world where resistance is as dangerous as it is important, The
Vanished Queen is a "big, dark, intricate novel" (Lousia Morgan, author
of A Secret History of Witches) about the courage and sacrifice it
requires to take on a tyrant.
