And if I curse Cardan, then I have to curse myself, too, for being the fool who walked right into the trap he set for me.Īs a child, I imagined returning to the mortal world. I keep my head down, as I probably should have done in the first place. Nights, I run errands for the local faeries. In the afternoons, if he lets me, I train my brother, Oak. I, Jude Duarte, High Queen of Elfhame in exile, spend most mornings dozing in front of daytime television, watching cooking competitions and cartoons and reruns of a show where people have to complete a gauntlet by stabbing boxes and bottles and cutting through a whole fish. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics.Īnd, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity. Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. Opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.

Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto.

He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne A powerful curse forces the exiled Queen of Faerie to choose between ambition and humanity in this highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy from a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

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