Category: Fantasy Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing
Type: Fiction
Pages: 314
Copyright: Oct 14, 2016
ISBN-13: 9781370236688
Price: $2.99 (eBook)
Kaelin is Atlarn's political enemy. He's threatened to take her land. Altarn saves his life in battle. Will Kaelin still claim her land as planned? Or her heart?
How do you dethrone a heart when its owner has stolen your kingdom?
Altarn is used to tolerating the biases of men. It comes with being the first female to secure the political State Head of Blindvar. But Kaelin, the State Head of Ruidenthall, crosses the line when he proposes a merger of their two states. Altarn has reason to believe this is Kaelin’s attempt to make himself king of both. Believing it’s her responsibility to “dethrone” him, she rides to her last ally to ask for aid.
While on the road, she’s kidnapped and taken to Ruidenthall. She wakes from a drug-induced sleep to hear about a foreign army marching upon Blindvar, and Kaelin capitalizing on her kidnap to make himself king. He threatens her life if she tells anyone, but she will suffer tyranny under a king if she does not.
When the final battle forces her hand, she has but one choice: to save Kaelin’s life or let him die. She never expected to dethrone his heart instead.
Excerpt
“You’ve never been to a war council, have you?”
“I don’t see how the proceedings are any different than a regular court session where other problems with equal importance are discussed. I have been doing that for a year.”
He exhaled and leaned back, crossing a boot over one knee. “It’s different for Ruids. We discuss war plans every week because of our pirate problem. The mood is different, the light in our eyes is different. It’s life and death we speak of, and that holds a special kind of ceremony we honor in our speech, in our manners, and our
dress.”
“Why would my dress not honor this ceremony?”
“It might...except you look like a damn princess. I don’t know about Blindvar, but we killed our princesses long ago. Your people don’t want a princess. They want a war queen. A princess can’t handle the emotional responsibility of sending people off
to their deaths, but a war queen can.
You’d be surprised how willing your soldiers would be to die for you, so long as you did it without crying as they march away. They need to be reassured you’ll hold your ground when they cannot.”
Professional Reviews
Stellar Book!
First off, I'm hardly a reader, let alone a fantasy reader. Even less, I'd say, a fantasy romance reader. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed The War Queen!
A fun and enjoyable read!
Altarn is a strong willed woman, she knows what she wants. I like her. I enjoyed reading The War Queen a great deal.
This book has a nice balance of dialog, action, and head time.
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