The second book in the fantasy trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White
exploring the nature of self the inevitable cost of progress and of course magic and
romance and betrayal so epic Queen Guinevere remains the most famous queen who never lived.
EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE IN CAMELOT: King Arthur is expanding his kingdom's influence with
Queen Guinevere at his side. Yet every night dreams of darkness and unknowable power plague
her. Guinevere might have accepted her role but she still cannot find a place for herself in
all of it. The closer she gets to the people around her--Brangien pining for her lost love
Isolde Lancelot fighting to prove her worth as Queen's knight and Arthur everything to
everyone and thus never quite enough for Guinevere--the more she realizes how empty she is. The
more she tries to claim herself as queen the more she wonders if Mordred was right: she
doesn't belong. She never will. When a rescue goes awry and results in the death of something
precious a devastated Guinevere returns to Camelot to find the greatest threat yet has
arrived. Not in the form of the Dark Queen or an invading army but in the form of the real
Guinevere's younger sister. Is her deception at an end? And who is she really
deceiving--Camelot or herself?
