by Kacen Callender · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780316454933
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«Queen of the Conquered» is the fantasy novel by Kacen Callender, published by Orbit in paperback (510 pages, in English).
On the islands of Hans Lollik, a Caribbean territory under colonial yoke, Sigourney Rose, last heir of a murdered lineage, can read and control minds. When the king chooses a successor among the noble families, she infiltrates the court to take revenge, but a strange magic kills the aspirants and makes her a suspect.
First novel in the Islands of Blood and Storm series; winner of the 2020 World Fantasy Award; originally published in 2019.
For adult readers who enjoy the analysis of power and privilege, with echoes of S. A. Chakraborty, Ken Liu and Tasha Suri.
Kacen Callender is a Saint Thomian author of children's fiction and fantasy, best known for their Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award—winning middle grade debut Hurricane Child (2018). Their fantasy novel, Queen of the Conquered, is the 2020 winner of the World Fantasy Award, and King and the Dragonflies won the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature.
