The True Queen

A sheer delight from beginning to end¡¯ ¨C Samantha ShannonA sparkling magical adventure from this Hugo Award-winning author. We travel to Regency London, Fairyland and an enchanted island. Sisters are separated, plots thicken and there¡¯s a new contender for the throne of Fairy. Fairyland¡¯s future lies in doubt . . . The enchanted island of Janda Baik, in the Malay Archipelago, has long been home to witches. And Muna and her sister Sakti wake on its shores under a curse, which has quite stolen away their memories. Their only hope of salvation lies in distant Britain, where the Sorceress Royal runs a controversial academy for female magicians. But the pair travel via the formidable Fairy Queen¡¯s realm, where Sakti simply disappears. To save her sister, Muna must learn to navigate Regency London¡¯s high society and trick the English into believing she¡¯s a magical prodigy. But when the Sorceress Royal¡¯s friends become accidentally embroiled in a plot ¨C involving the Fairy Queen¡¯s contentious succession ¨C Muna is drawn right in. She must also find Sakti, break their curse and somehow stay out of trouble. But if fairyland¡¯s true queen does finally return, trouble may find her first . . A joyous mash-up of Jane Austen and high fantasy¡¯ M. R.