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Après la mort de sa mère la Reine Elyssa, Kelsea Raleigh a grandi en exil, loin des intrigues du Donjon royal où son oncle a pris le pouvoir. Le jour de ses dix-neuf ans, une garde l’escorte de son repaire à la capitale, où elle doit reconquérir la place qui lui revient de droit. Kelsea ne s’est jamais sentie aussi peu capable de gouverner. Pourtant, les atrocités qu’elle découvre vont la pousser à commettre un acte d’une incroyable audace, qui jette tout le pays dans la tourmente. Long périple semé d’embûches, plein de bruit et de fureur, de trahisons et de combats… Pour Kelsea, l’épreuve ne fait que commencer.

It was on her nineteenth birthday that the soldiers came for Kelsea Glynn.

They came to escort her back to the place of her birth - and to ensure she survives long enough to take possession of what is rightfully hers.

But like many nineteen-year-olds, Kelsea is unruly, has high principles and believes she knows better than her elders.

Unlike most nineteen-year-olds, she is about to inherit a kingdom that is on its knees - corrupt, debauched and very dangerous.

Kelsea will either become the most fearsome ruler the kingdom has ever known... or be dead within the week.

Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother’s throne, learn to be a ruler—and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her.

On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling sapphire, a jewel of immense magical power; and accompanying her is the Queen’s Guard, a cadre of brave knights led by the enigmatic and dedicated Lazarus. Kelsea will need them all to survive a cabal of enemies who will use every weapon—from crimson-caped assassins to the darkest blood magic—to prevent her from wearing the crown.

Despite her royal blood, Kelsea feels like nothing so much as an insecure girl, a child called upon to lead a people and a kingdom about which she knows almost nothing. But what she discovers in the capital will change everything, confronting her with horrors she never imagined. An act of singular daring will throw Kelsea’s kingdom into tumult, unleashing the vengeance of the tyrannical ruler of neighboring Mortmesne: the Red Queen, a sorceress possessed of the darkest magic. Now Kelsea will begin to discover whom among the servants, aristocracy, and her own guard she can trust.

But the quest to save her kingdom and meet her destiny has only just begun—a wondrous journey of self-discovery and a trial by fire that will make her a legend . . . if she can survive.

Kelsa Glynn, jeune femme de 19 ans vivant dans un univers 3 siècles après une énorme catastrophe naturelle. Kelsa doit vaincre la Reine Rouge pour revendiquer le trône de sa mère défunte.

L'auteur,Erika Johansen, prévoit d'écrire une trilogie. Ce livre est assimilé à la phénoménale série Game of Thrones (Le Trône de Fer). L'adaptation est déjà en route et Emma Watson jouera le rôle protagoniste de Kelsa Glynn.