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Praise for Zen Cho
'An enchanting cross between Georgette Heyer and Susanna Clarke, full of delights and surprises'
Naomi Novik'Inventive, dangerous, brilliant, unsettling and adorable . . . Historical Britain will never be the same again'
Courtney Milan'Compulsively readable and wickedly funny'
Lavie Tidhar'A thumping good read'
Independent'
Sorcerer to the Crown is a captivating debut . . . an entertaining story with wit and consummate skill'
Guardian'A winning combination of magic and thrill'
Washington Post
About the author
Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia and now lives in Birmingham. She was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer for her short fiction and won the Crawford Award. Her debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, won the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Newcomer.
Summary
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 – involving the Fairy Queen’s contentious succession – 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 . . .
The True Queen is Zen Cho's spelling binding second book. It's set in a sparkling version of Regency London, with a fairy tale twist. And although it's set in the same world as her award-winning novel, The Sorcerer to the Crown, this reads as a standalone.
‘A sheer delight from beginning to end'
Samantha Shannon
A joyous mash-up of Jane Austen and high fantasy’
M. R. Carey
Foreword
A magical adventure set in Regency London, fairyland and an enchanted island: war looms in the lands of fairy as two sisters are separated, plots thicken and there are rumours of a new contender for fairy's throne.
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A winning combination of magic and thrill
