The Shadow Queen

In a tumultuous world ruled by witches and warlocks who wear their power as jewels, one Queen's chance at redemption is the last hope for a desperate people in this novel set in the world of the Black Jewels...

Theran Grayhaven is the last of his line, desperate to restore the land of Dena Nehele. But first he needs to find a Queen who knows Protocol, remembers the Blood's code of honor, and lives by the Old Ways.

 

Languishing in the Shadow Realm, Lady Cassidy is a Queen without a court, a castoff. But when she is chosen to rule Dena Nehele, she must convince bitter men to serve once again.

 

Theran's cousin Gray is a Warlord Prince who was damaged in mind and body by the vicious Queens who once ruled Dena Nehele. Yet something about Cassidy makes him want to serve-and makes him believe he can be made whole once again.

 

And only Cassidy can prove to Gray-and to herself-that wounds can heal and even the whisper of a promise can be fulfilled... Praise for The Shadow Queen

"A strong romantic fantasy."-Alternative Worlds

 

"Anne Bishop does not disappoint. I have not read a book of hers that did not immediately captivate me and draw me immediately back into her world...[She] weaves her spell so well...Her characters seem so real and engaging."-SF Revu

"Surges with spellcraft and engaging romance."-Publishers Weekly

 

"Black Jewel fans won't want to miss this installment which offers a different look on the realms of the Blood."-Dear Author 

"Superb."-Specusphere 

"In this stand-alone novel set in the evocative Black Jewels world, Bishop tackles surviving various horrors head-on...It's a difficult subject, but one that Bishop writes about sensitively, with compassion and without blinking or pulling punches."-RT Book Reviews New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop is a winner of the William L. Crawford Memorial Fantasy Award, presented by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, for The Black Jewels Trilogy. She is also the author of the Ephemera series, the Tir Alainn trilogy, and the Novels of the Others-including Etched in Bone, Marked in Flesh, Vision in Silver, Murder of Crows, and Written in Red. She lives in upstate New York.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
 


CHAPTER 1 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 2 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 3 - Ebon ASKAVI
CHAPTER 4 - Ebon ASKAVI
CHAPTER 5 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 6 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 7 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 8 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 9 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 12 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 13 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 14 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 15 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 16 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 17 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 18 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 19 - Ebon ASKAVI
TERREILLE
CHAPTER 21 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 22 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 23 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 24 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 25 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 26 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 27 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 28 - TERREILLE
CHAPTER 29 - KAELEER
CHAPTER 30 - TERREILLE
ALSO BY ANNE BISHOP
The Ephemera Series
Sebastian

Belladonna
 


The Black Jewels Series
Daughter of the Blood

Heir to the Shadows

Queen of the Darkness

The Invisible Ring

Dreams Made Flesh

Tangled Webs
 


The Tir Alainn Trilogy
Pillars of the World

Shadows and Light

The House of Gaian
ROC

Published by New American Library, a division of

Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street,

New York, New York 10014, USA

Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700,Toronto,

Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.)

Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England

Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2,

Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.)

Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell,Victoria 3124,

Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group P