She is selected as his One Hundredth Queen & yanked out of the one true home she ever knew.
A moment of righteousness shines a spotlight on her placing her on Rajah Tarek’s path. Due to her sickness, she isn’t the strongest or what they’d consider the prettiest either.
Spending her days sketching or in the infirmary is what she is used to. Prone to strange fevers, Kalinda isn’t able to train as the other sisters do in the ways of the sister warrior Ki. The Hundredth Queen centers around Kalinda who was really trying to live a low key life in the Sisterhood’s mountain temple where she’s lived all her life as a orphan. King’s thrilling fantasy debut, an orphan girl blossoms into a warrior, summoning courage and confidence in her fearless quest to upend tradition, overthrow an empire, and reclaim her life as her own. Her only solace comes in the company of her guard, the stoic but kind Captain Deven Naik.įaced with the danger of a tournament to the death-and her growing affection for Deven-Kalinda has only one hope for escape, and it lies in an arcane, forbidden power buried within her. Within hours, she is ripped from the comfort of her home, set on a desert trek, and ordered to fight for her place among the rajah’s ninety-nine wives and numerous courtesans. Her sole dream is to continue living in peace in the Sisterhood’s mountain temple.īut a visit from the tyrant Rajah Tarek disrupts Kalinda’s life. Plagued by fevers, she’s an unlikely candidate for even a servant’s position, let alone a courtesan or wife. King for the eGalley copy of The Hundredth QueenĪs an orphan ward of the Sisterhood, eighteen-year-old Kalinda is destined for nothing more than a life of seclusion and prayer. *HUGE thanks to Skyscape, Netgalley & Emily R.
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