The Shadow Queen (Black Jewels (extended series), #4)
(fantasy > high fantasy, romance)
In her national bestselling Black Jewels novels, Anne Bishop’s
“surefire spell craft… leave[s] readers’ hearts pounding.”* Now her
“feverish pacing and terrifying twists” (*Publishers Weekly) are
showcased once again. In a tumultuous world ruled by witches and
warlocks who wear their power as jewels, one Queen’s chance at
redemption is the last hope for a desperate people…
Dena Nehele is a land decimated by its past. Once it was ruled by
corrupt Queens who were wiped out when the land was cleansed of tainted
Blood. Now, only one hundred Warlord Princes stand — without a leader and
without hope…
Theran Grayhaven is the last of his line, desperate to find the key that reveals a treasure great enough to restore Dena Nehele. But first he needs to find a Queen who knows Protocol, remembers the Blood’s code of honor, and lives by the Old Ways.
Languishing in the Shadow Realm, Lady Cassidy is a Queen without a court, a castoff. She is not beautiful. She thinks she is not strong. But when she is chosen to rule Dena Nehele, she must convince bitter men to serve once again.
Theran’s cousin Gray is a Warlord Prince who was damaged in mind and body by the vicious Queens who once ruled Dena Nehele. Yet something about Cassidy makes him want to serve — and makes him believe he can be made whole once again.
And only Cassidy can prove to Gray — and to herself — that wounds can heal and even the whisper of a promise can be fulfilled…
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New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, and the Novels of the Others - including Etched in Bone, Marked in Flesh, Vision in Silver, Murder of Crows, and Written in Red. She lives in upstate New York.
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