Showing results by author "Erika Johansen"

In less than a year, Kelsea Glynn has transformed from a gawky teenager into a powerful monarch. As she has come into her own as the Queen of the Tearling, the headstrong, visionary leader has also transformed her realm. In her quest to end corruption and restore justice, she has made many enemies - including the evil Red Queen, her fiercest rival, who has set her armies against the Tear.

Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother’s throne, learn to be a ruler - and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her. On her 19th birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa.

Als Kelsea Glynn an ihrem 19. Geburtstag den Thron des Königreiches Tearling besteigt, tritt sie ein schweres Erbe an: Die mächtige Herrscherin des Nachbarlandes Mortmesne bedroht Tearling. Das eigene Volk begegnet ihr mit Misstrauen. Und an ihrem Hof findet sie einen Sumpf von Machtgier, Lügen und Intrigen vor. Kelsea weiß, sie darf sich keinen Fehler erlauben, wenn sie überleben will. Sie wird all ihren Mut, ihre Klugheit und Stärke brauchen, um eine wahre Königin zu werden - die legendäre Königin von Tearling ...