The Queen of Izmoroz
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Sonya has brought a foreign army to free her country from imperial rule, but her allies may have other goals in the second book of this thrilling epic fantasy trilogy from Jon Skovron.
The first battle is over, but war yet looms on the horizon. Sonya and her allies--the foreign Uaine and their armies of the undead--have beaten the imperial soldiers and ousted them from Izmoroz. Now they have the rest of the empire to free.
Meanwhile, betrayed by his sister, his homeland, and his fiancé, Sonya’s brother the famed wizard Sebastian has retreated with the imperial forces. But another traitor is waiting in the capital, and enemies of the throne may hide in plain sight...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With the second Goddess War fantasy, Skovron both fulfils and builds on the promise of The Ranger of Marzanna, as rival teen siblings Sonya and Sebastian Turgenev Portinari, and their allies and adversaries—including the capricious goddesses of the series title—navigate ever-shifting agendas. The "Great and Bountiful Empire of Aureum" is struggling to regain its hold over Izmoroz after Ranger of Marzanna Sonya and apothecary Jorge Elhuyar successfully incited a rebellion accompanied by the warriors and magic users of Uaine. Meanwhile, Imperial Captain Sebastian and his mother, Irina, are called to Aureum's capital, Magna Alto, at the request of Empress Caterina Morante the First. And the determined Galina Odoyevtseva Prozorova, Sebastian's estranged fiancée, seeks to turn her vast book knowledge and belief in the will of the people into action in the newly freed Izroroz. In the course of this satisfyingly complex and unpredictable saga, both Sonya and Sebastian mature and face ethical, moral, and emotional choices with consequences that reach across the empire. This solid installment will leave readers eagerly anticipating the next in the series.
