To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. The first lesson is to make yourself strong.Īfter the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality.

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie.

Deleted scene from The Queen of Nothing (sent via Holly's official newsletter).

Cardan's letters to Jude (Queen of Nothing Barnes and Noble edition).

Deleted scene from The Wicked King (Barnes and Noble edition).

A Visit to the Impossible Lands (Exclusive Barnes & Noble, 2018).

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (October 13th 2020).

The Lost Sisters (book 1.5, October 2nd 2018).

The Queen of Nothing (book 3, November 19th 2019).

The Wicked King (book 2, January 8th 2019).

The Cruel Prince (book 1, January 2nd 2018).

Whether evoking the sultry landscape of southern Florida or the layers of ice around the librarian’s heart, Hoffman reminds us how little distance there is between magic and mundane.

Hoffman explores the consequences of both magic and lightning with luminous clarity. “A moving tale of love, loss, forgiveness, and spiritual renewal, The Ice Queen is one of Alice Hoffman’s finest novels.” Chauncey Mabe, South Florida Sun-Sentinel “Magic happens when Alice Hoffman writes.”

“Beneath the spell Alice Hoffman casts with her deceptively beguiling storytelling, the author reveals the darkest human truths. “Nothing less than stellar…Hoffman reminds us little distance there is between magic and mundane.” Here is a novel that reveals Alice Hoffman at the very height of her powers. Their affair becomes the center of a riveting story of loss, love, and redemption. As the woman soon finds herself drawn into a passionate relationship with another survivor of a lightning strike, a mysterious stranger who harbors dark secrets. Instead of killing her, this cataclysmic event marks a strange and powerful new beginning. Buy the Book: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, IndieBound, Books-A-Million, Powell'sĪ woman who leads a quiet life, keeping other people at a cool distance, one day utters an idle wish to be struck by lightning - and her wish is granted.

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