The Wolf Queen

Esther M. White

Manuscript in English

Assassinated. Resurrected. Desperate for revenge.

Princess Sentreya Alnwick of Perran has dreamed of only two things in the three years since her family imprisoned her for the unnatural crime of coming back from the dead: freedom and revenge. Revenge for her assassination. Revenge for being revived with a mismatch of unknown limbs. Revenge for the rage lurking under her scarred skin ever since and five borderline-feral wolves who now refuse to leave her side.

With only one blazing memory from that fateful day, the sigil of the nearby kingdom of Idirin, Sentreya knows her answers, and her murderer, must be there. When her kingdom is invaded and conquered, Sentreya welcomes its fall. King Agan the Conqueror wants her to abdicate and die an honourable death, but she risks striking a bargain instead: she will go to Idirin, marry their brooding, second-in-line prince, gain his trust, and steal priceless, dormant magical objects for the conqueror.

Across a narrow sea, Prince Theodore Valtrissian of Idirin has bigger worries than his upcoming arranged marriage. His father, King Minar, is injured and unconscious, his time fast running out as his children attempt to keep the severity of his condition secret. Theodore knows it’s his fault. A curse of misfortune put on him as a child is continuing to wreak havoc, but his unexpected new wife, with her mysterious wolves, deep scars, and sparks of healing magic, might be the answer to both breaking his curse, and waking his father. Or she might be his worst curse yet.

With time running out for the king, a connection growing with Theodore, and the ticking clock of her betrayal looming, Sentreya must find her answers, wake the king, and choose what she values most: her revenge, or her heart. With King Agan the Conqueror’s spy tracking her every move, and unimaginable secrets about the circumstances of her murder revealed, one wrong decision means all kingdoms—and every person she’s growing to love in them—will fall to the conqueror.