Injured by a bear trap and nearly dead, she’s rescued by her next love, who turns out to wield ice magic himself. Handmaiden Mim-with whom Elli’s in love-hears the elders’ plan to slit Elli’s throat and sneaks Elli away, but Mim gets caught, leaving Elli alone and helpless in the countryside. But when this Valtia dies, things go horribly wrong: Elli’s body receives no magic, not even during torturous trials. Temple elders always choose a Saadella with coppery hair, ice-blue eyes, and a blood-flame mark on her (presumably white) skin.

Sixteen-year-old Elli is the Saadella, training to inherit Kupari’s crown and its strongest fire and ice magic from the Valtia-the queen-as soon as the Valtia dies. In this epic conclusion to the Impostor Queen series, Sarah Fine’s sweeping tale of two fierce leaders imbued with unimaginable power and called to unthinkable sacrifice finally answers the question: who has the strength to be the True Queen?She’s spent years preparing to become an all-powerful queen and to wield her land’s magic, but that’s not her destiny at all. But as she tries to prepare the citizens to protect themselves from another invasion, unrest spreads as wielders like her beloved Oskar begin to lose control of their powers.Īs Kupari grows increasingly unstable, with the land literally crumbling beneath their feet, and a common enemy once again threatening everything, these two young women on a collision course with destiny must find a way to save the realm and their people from total destruction. Inside the walls of Kupari, Elli maintains the facade that she is the magical queen, with her secret-that she has no magic at all-on the brink of exposure every day. But as the small band of warriors crosses into the foreign territory, Ansa loses her fragile grip on her newly-acquired-and violent-fire and ice magic and puts everyone, including her love Thyra, in danger. Now that Ansa knows she is the destined queen of Kupari, she is desperate to find a permanent home for her people, the Kriegere, in the Kupari lands. Using fire and ice magic, Elli and Ansa must bring their people together to fight a common enemy in this epic conclusion to the Impostor Queen trilogy, which is a perfect fit for “fans of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen” ( School Library Journal).

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