This standalone adventure is set in the same world as Zen Cho's award-winning novel - The Sorcerer to the Crown. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts. 'A joyous mash-up of Jane Austen and high fantasy' - M. But if fairyland's true queen does finally return, trouble may find her first. She must also find Sakti, break their curse and somehow stay out of trouble. 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. 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 the pair travel via the formidable Fairy Queen's realm, where Sakti simply disappears. Their only hope of salvation lies in distant Britain, where the Sorceress Royal runs a controversial academy for female magicians. And Muna and her sister Sakti wake on its shores under a curse, which has quite stolen away their memories. The enchanted island of Janda Baik, in the Malay Archipelago, has long been home to witches. 'A sheer delight from beginning to end' - Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season. Sisters are separated, plots thicken and there's a new contender for the throne of Fairy.

It’s wordy writing style leads to little action and a lacklustre middle, the mystery was painfully obvious, the descriptions needed more fleshing out and many characters were simply ok. In Zen Cho's The True Queen we travel to Regency London, Fairyland and an enchanted island. The True Queen does suffer from similar problems I have with fantasies set in this time period. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.A sparkling magical adventure from a Hugo Award-winning author. 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 the throne of fairy. But if the true queen does finally return, trouble may find her first. Mina must somehow find Satki, break their curse and stay out of trouble. For the missing trinket contained the magic of her usurped sister, Fairyland's rightful heir. Their Queen is at her most dangerous, fearing for her throne. Then the Sorceress receives an ambassador from the Fairy Court, which has incarcerated her friends - for supposedly stealing a powerful talisman. Distraught, Muna takes her sister's place at the school, despite her troublesome lack of magic. But the pair journey there via the Fairy Queen's realm, where Satki disappears. Satki plots to banish it in London, as Britain's Sorceress Royal dares to train female magicians.

And Muna and her sister Satki wake on its shores under a curse - which has stolen away their memories. The island of Janda Baik, in the Malay archipelago, has long been home to witches.

The true queen by zen cho