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Queen of Wands

Special Circumstances #2 / 2
by John Ringo
Queen of Wands (Special Circumstances #2) by John Ringo
★ 10.00 / 1
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Soccer mom and demon fighter Barabara Everette is back in this intricately interwoven monster noir thriller, the sequel to bestselling Princess of Wands by eight times New York Times best-seller, John Ringo.

Barbara Everette has a problem. It seems Janea, Barbara’s assistant and The Foundation for Love and Universal Faith's best operative, has been thrown into a coma by some very nasty magic she’s stirred up. Barbara must track down the perpetrators and break the spell or Janea's soul will be forever lost on the astral plane. Oh, and if she can't break the spell, zombies will destroy all mankind.

Meanwhile, Janea, a high-dollar call girl, stripper and High Priestess of Freya when she isn’t fighting demons, must contend with a spiritual journey of her own. It’s a journey into Janea’s acceptance of herself in all her dimensions (and what dimensions they are!). Where to locate one’s true inner essence? At a science fiction convention, of course. But when rescuers pursue Janea into her vision of a geeky alternate reality, we find this is one science fiction convention where the Guest of Honor could turn out to be Death Himself.

Finally, the Christian soccer mom and the Norse priestess stripper face their greatest challenge ever when an ancient Old One rears Her ugly face, and the Mother of Darkness walks among us. Since this is one Mother who is quite immune to any conventional power, including nuclear weapons, it seems humanity’s only hope is God. The question being: Is God willing to save humanity?

Fortunately for the rest of us, Barbara and Janea are determined to fight to the last ounce of faith to find out.

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FantasyUrban Fantasy
Release date: August 2, 2012

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John Ringo

John Ringo

John Ringo writes science fiction that assumes the future will not be polite. His stories tend to open at the moment when preparation either pays off or fails spectacularly, and from there he follows soldiers, engineers, parents, and reluctant leaders as they try to keep civilization upright under extreme pressure. Best known for military science fiction that treats logistics and strategy as seriously as firepower, his work attracts readers who want action grounded in hard choices and believable consequences.

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Born in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in 1963, Ringo spent part of his early life moving through different countries before later serving in the U.S. Army, including time with the 82nd Airborne Division. That background shaped how he thinks about conflict and responsibility. When he turned to writing in the late 1990s, those experiences flowed naturally into fiction. His breakout novel, A Hymn Before Battle, introduced readers to a near-future Earth facing alien invasion and set the tone for what would become the Legacy of the Aldenata series, a blend of large-scale warfare, political tension, and sharply drawn human reactions to catastrophe.

Across series such as Black Tide Rising, Troy Rising, and Through the Looking Glass, Ringo consistently explores themes of preparedness, leadership under stress, and the uneasy balance between freedom and survival. His prose is direct and unsentimental, often threaded with dry humor and technical detail that reflects a fascination with engineering, tactics, and real-world constraints. With multiple New York Times bestselling titles and a long list of collaborations with other science fiction and military fiction authors, he has helped define the modern military sci-fi landscape. Readers return to his books not only for the battles and future technology, but for the arguments beneath them, stories that ask what people are willing to build, defend, or sacrifice when the worst finally arrives.

Special Circumstances

Special Circumstances consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Princess of Wands (Special Circumstances #1)
★ 8.00 / 3
Queen of Wands (Special Circumstances #2)
★ 10.00 / 1


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