It's been hundreds of years since the great war that plagued the world and wiped out half the population. The people who remained argued and fought over how they would live and establish balance and power. Thus, the Four Queens came to rule. The four queens ruled over their respective corners of this new and strange world in peace and harmony. But now the queens have begun to turn on one another, and as a new queen is crowned, the threat of war looms once more.
Queen Reyna has only just been crowned, after both her parents died in a tragic and mysterious accident, she was forced to shoulder the duties of a queen at a mere age of 16. Labeled "The child queen" by the other three, she is determined to show that she has as much a right to be there as the rest of them. Haunted by her past, will she be able to control an entire kingdom, if she can't even control herself?
Queen Tess, is a centaur queen who rules over her subjects as a loving and nurturing mother would. The loss of her children who went missing twenty years ago leaves her scarred, and slowly she begins to lose her mind. Her subjects fear that their queen, weakened by the loss of her children, will not be able to defend her people from the looming threats of the present.
Queen Jacqueline is a warrior queen who fights as viciously as any of her soldiers. The loss of her sister fuels her angry soul, and she searches for her sister's murderer, looking forward to a future where she can finally get the revenge she deserves.
Queen Asasara, the oldest of the four queens, has ruled over her land with an iron fist for hundreds of years. Nicknamed the snake queen, she is the deadliest enemy to have and can never be trusted. Her strike is quick and is never seen coming. The other three queens are wary for she is the craftiest of them all and the most manipulative. Never satisfied with what she has, the power hungry queen is greedy for more, and wont stop until she has it all.
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.