Queendom: Feast of the Saints
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Publisher Description
Kim Antieau dazzles readers with stunning tales of our world in novels like The Jigsaw Woman and The Gaia Websters. She does it again with Queendom: Feast of the Saints, an epic saga of empire and family brought to the brink of destruction.
Hundreds of years after The Fall, life in the nation state of Queendom remains idyllic and lively. The royal Villanueva family and their troupe of servants, led by Queen Reina, all live and work at the Hearth, the mysterious stone building created before The Fall.
All is well in this paradise for creatives until a new chef arrives to practice the Unified Field Theory of Spices and the former queen returns with ambitious and disruptive plans of her own. Both women harbor secrets that could shatter the Queendom.
Meanwhile, those exiled to the Hinterlands begin to threaten the country. When disaster strikes, Reina, along with her soothsayer advisor, must rally the family, the downstairs staff, and all of the Queendom to save the nation from ruin.
A seductive tale of love and betrayal, as well as an examination of the illusory nature of paradise, Queendom: Feast of the Saints begins a majestic series sure to satisfy Kim Antieau’s current readers and win her many more.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown particularly when the previous wearer pays an unexpected call, as in this pastoral postapocalyptic family drama. Queen Reina, elected monarch and CEO of the nation of Queendom, struggles to discover why her country faces sudden economic and political turmoil after centuries of peace. Reina is also confronted with reminders of her past when her older sister, Hildegarde, returns and her former lover (and Queendom's creditor), Premier Outram of Berland, attempts to revive their personal connection. Mix in a first family that resists and fumbles its attempts to relieve Reina's burdens, along with a new chef who is being blackmailed into spying on them all, and the stage is set for court intrigues and emotional confrontations. Antieau (Maternal Instincts) adopts a plain style of storytelling, akin to fairy tales and parables, and uses it effectively to unsettle the placid waters of her ecotopian future.
