Queen Demon - (Rising World) by Martha Wells (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A USA Today Bestseller!

From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.

Dahin, a beloved member of the Witch King's coterie, believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself.

Can Kai stop the rise of a new Hierarch?

And can he trust his companions to do what's right?

Follow Kai to the end of the world in this thrilling USA Today-bestselling sequel to Witch King.

Review Quotes

A USA Today Bestseller!

"This epic fantasy adventure of found family, lost love, and promises kept, even after death, is a quest for long-buried truths that will keep readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish with its high-stakes adventures." --Library Journal

"Fans of character-rooted high fantasy will enjoy this series led by a demon with a surprisingly soft heart." --Booklist

Praise for Witch King

A USA Today Bestseller!
A Sunday Times Bestseller!
Winner of the Locus Award!
A New York Times Best Fantasy of 2023!
An NPR Best Book of 2023!
An AppleBooks Best of the Year!
A 2023 American Booksellers Pick!
A LibraryReads Pick!

"Wells is working at the height of her powers here, and it's relaxing to be carried along for a ride in the company of such a phenomenal storyteller." --The New York Times

"A wonderfully original world, sympathetic characters and a solid quest make Witch King the satisfying fantasy you yearn for when named swords and cursed rings begin to grow stale." --The Wall Street Journal

"A wildly original and complex fantasy exploring how revolutions are won through trust, and destroyed through selfishness. Wells excels at brooding, powerful inhuman protagonists who just need a little kindness to be their badass best." --N. K. Jemisin

"...The kind of novel you want to sink into, with a narrative style that hooks you in and makes it impossible to put down." --Alex Brown for NPR

"Unlike anything I've ever read. A layered and complex novel that delivers on the promise of epic fantasy." --Zoraida Córdova

"Fantasy readers looking for new worlds and characters to explore will be enthralled." --Library Journal

About the Author

MARTHA WELLS has written many novels, including the New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, which has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards, and was adapted into an Apple Original TV series. Other titles include Witch King, City of Bones, The Wizard Hunters, Wheel of the Infinite, the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction.