The King-Killing Queen Rare Edition

$1,000 · Offered by Grim Oak Press

Author : Shawn Speakman Artist : Magali Villeneuve, Donato Giancola, Nate Taylor Series : Old World Tales Hardcover : Numbered , 30 limited copies Dust Jacket : N/A Quintuple-Signed : Shawn Speakman, Magali Villeneuve, Donato Giancola, Robert Napton, and Nate Taylor Housing : Set comes with in a clamshell Set : The King-Killing Queen and The Briar-Sword Monk combined in one genuine leather book Note : Published in partnership with Skybound Entertainment (The Walking Dead) Book Description: In this first book of a new trilogy author Anna Smith Spark calls “a dark love letter to high fantasy,” a woman discovers her unknown past carries with it a terrible future. When Alafair Goode lay wounded during his quest to destroy Mordreadth the Great Darkness, a witch magicked and saved the future High King’s life to fulfill his destiny. Thereafter, all born to his line also cannot die, to be only undone by natural death. Decades later, Sylvie Raventress is the devoted apprentice to the Master Historian stepbrother of the High King. It is a life of scholarly pursuit and privilege where one day she will take her instructor’s place and write her own histories. But beside Alafair’s deathbed, Sylvie and his scions learn a surprising truth—she is no orphan but is his named heir. Worse, when he dies, the witch’s curse is no more, leaving all of them suddenly mortal and vulnerable. With her siblings loathing Sylvie’s selection and vying for her throne, she must rely on a Fae guide, a disgraced

• Binding: Hardcover

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