Now, on Kelsea's nineteenth birthday, the tattered remnants of the Queen's Guard-loyal soldiers who protect the throne-have appeared to escort the princess on a perilous journey to the capital to ascend to her rightful place as the new Queen of the Tearling. Three hundred years later, this feudal society has divided into three fearful nations who pay duties to a fourth: the powerful Mortmesne, ruled by the cunning Red Queen. Long ago, Kelsea's forefathers sailed away from a decaying world to establish a new land free of modern technology. or that its fate will soon rest in her hands. Growing up in a cottage deep in the woods, Kelsea knows little of her kingdom's haunted past. Young Kelsea Raleigh was raised in hiding after the death of her mother, Queen Elyssa, far from the intrigues of the royal Keep and in the care of two devoted servants who pledged their lives to protect her. An untested young princess must claim her throne, learn to become a queen, and combat a malevolent sorceress in an epic battle between light and darkness in this spectacular debut-the first novel in a trilogy.
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