OUT NOW: Queen of Fury by Natania Barron
3rd December 2024
We’re wishing Queen of Fury by Natania Barron a very happy book birthday!
Ancient forests and royal courts collide in the second in Barron’s luscious feminist Arthurian trilogy, Queens of Fate, where Hwyfar, reluctant Queen Regent of Carelon, is forced to accept the help of King Arthur’s nephew, Sir Gawain of Orkney, to protect her kingdom. And while a usurper threatens her father’s throne, Gawain threatens her heart.
A stunning romantic fantasy for fans of Juliet Marillier and Grace Draven that draws on the classic tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Queen of Fury is the perfect read for this winter and beyond!
One by one the kings of Braetan kneel before King Arthur under a banner of peace.
Hwyfar, eldest daughter of King Leodegraunce and famed libertine of Carelon, has returned to Avillion to find her father ruined by madness and a usurper poised to take the throne. Reluctantly she takes the mantle of Queen Regent to protect her kingdom, but she’ll need an army—which King Arthur pledges to send her, providing she marries one of his knights and surrenders the crown.
Arthur’s forces arrive under the command of Gawain of Orkney, who Hwyfar remembers as a brute; but she comes to realise he is not the man she thought he was, and finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. But Arthur has plans for her, and has commanded Gawain to keep well away—and in Arthur’s court, without the King’s blessing, love is treason.
Hwyfar and Gawain must navigate both a world of ancient forests and corrupt magic, and the political machinations of two courts, if they have any hope of escaping Arthur’s ever-tightening grasp.
“Barron’s delightful reinterpretation of Arthurian legends continues.” —Booklist
“Barron’s immersive approach to worldbuilding sweeps the reader along through mists of magic and geography.” —The Fantasy Hive