Queen of Medally

She survived the beach. She survived the crown. Now she has to survive a kingdom that sells its own people the air they breathe.Queen of Medally: The Masked Kingdom picks up where The Unassigned Queen left off. Olivia George is no longer the frightened woman who fell out of the sky onto a turquoise beach. She is Shiago, Queen of Medally, and her next region is waiting for her behind a copper wall three stories high.Aurantius runs on a brutal arithmetic: the cleaner your air, the higher your rank. Its ruling house has spent generations poisoning its own city on purpose, then selling the cure back to the people choking on it one canister at a time. To be recognized as Queen here, Olivia must first earn five legendary weapons in a single, bloody day of trials, then face the guardian those weapons were built for, an iron tiger four times her size, built to devour false rulers and never once wrong about who deserves to pass.She will have to do it while a prince offers her a crown through marriage instead of war. While her fiancé turned stranger, Michael, is discovered mid ritual, having a dead man’s stolen memories forced into him piece by piece. While Doctor Margro circles the edges of every victory with an offer she should never accept. And while the people closest to her start paying prices of their own for standing beside a Queen this dangerous to love.What readers will find insideShe fights five opponents in one day to earn five legendary weapons, each with its own costShe walks unmasked through poisoned air an entire city has been taught to fearShe faces an iron tiger that shows her a vision of her worst possible future with every biteA coup fractures the throne she just won, and she has to answer it in bloodA confession finally reveals the truth about her missing parents, and about the region that took themThe book ends on a storm wrecked coast, with one more warning waiting in the dark of RubraThis is book two of a planned four book series that blends the political weight of Game of Thrones with the elemental wonder of Avatar. Readers who loved watching Olivia refuse to be small in book one will find her sharper, harder, and more dangerous here, and will not want to put this one down before the final page.Fans of reluctant queens, morally gray villains, slow burn romance, and worldbuilding that punishes its heroine for every inch of power she gains will find a home in Medally.Book three is coming next, and the throne of Rubra is already waiting.