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 rulerâs regime of terror and lies. â[G]rippingâŠthis is the novel the world needs nowâ (Kate Heartfield, Nebula Award finalist and author of Aurora Awardâwinning 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 queenâs disappearance is hardly a memoryâmerely one among many horrors the kingâs reign has wrought. But when Anza, a young student impassioned by her fatherâs unjust execution, finds the missing queenâs diary, she is inspired by Miranthaâs wordsâjoins 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 kingâbut 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 âbig, dark, intricate novelâ (Lousia Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches) about the courage and sacrifice it requires to take on a tyrant.