The Ebony Queen: A Medieval Romantasy

by Abby Lane

Overview

The second novel in Abby Lane's Reign of Blood and Magic series "...is rich and complex, with numerous engaging protagonists that make the prose dynamic, immersive, and ideal for fans of epic fantasy." Self-Publishing Review

Seeking revenge, Queen Cynara signs a blood contract with the devil Daemonis to gain new powers and enable her to conjure the highest level of Solomonic magic. Using an invocation spell, she shadows three princesses' movements and tests her circle's potential in the king's forest, a forest the people say shelters evil. The action inters Ruby to a dark fate, binds Rose to the sea, and threatens Scarlett in a place that should earn peace, not further harm. Not even a god is safe from the queen's sorcery.

But power comes with a price and unbeknownst to Cynara, the devil has a secret strategy. When a blood moon eclipses the night, Cynara invokes her magic in the king's forest. Will her quest for supremacy prevail, and how might it challenge the current King Lowell, The Ebony Queen's own son?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162982760
Publisher:	SPK Publishing
Publication date:	07/14/2020
Series:	A Reign of Blood and Magic , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	797 KB

About the Author

ABBY LANE has been writing genre fiction for more than twenty years, novels that include her medieval romantasy, The Immortal Blood. She credits Disney’s Sleeping Beauty and George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire, with inspiring her recent foray into dark fantasy. A history enthusiast, she’s traveled far and wide to explore secret gardens and medieval castles, having an avid interest in the Tudor period. Her prose has been described as “near rhapsodic,” “pitch perfect,” and “stylishly straightforward, rarely relying on complex turns of phrase.” Reviewers have said her narrative conveys “imaginative fantasy,” “fascinating characters,” as well as “dynamic, immersive, and ideal for fans of epic fantasy.” Abby shares her life with her husband and adores her adult children, including three special grand pups named Bella, Arya, and Charlie. When she isn’t at her home in Calgary, she’s admiring the ocean from her cottage in Maple Bay.

Editorial Reviews

The Ebony Queen by Abby Lane is a dark and expansive fantasy novel, the sophomore installment of the Reign of Blood and Magic series. Maternal devotion is twisted by a queen's selfish desire for power, casting a blanket of evil that entangles this thoroughly built and unique fantasy world. —The story is rich and complex, with numerous engaging protagonists that make the prose dynamic, immersive, and ideal for fans of epic fantasy.

Self-Publishing Review

Lane takes us into a dark world of myth and magic. Her images are dark and evocative and at times entirely too realistic.

Goodreads Author - Katie O'Connor

"Imaginative and entertaining . . . and the otherworldly effects are vivid and well rendered in this energetic tale.

Kirkus Reviews - N/A