Queens & Liars-Sequel to Three Broken Kingdoms (Completed)
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'She was a blade, forged in the flames that had burned her kingdom.'
Book 2 of the Lost Continent
Asriel and Miras have fallen. Their legendary armies are gone, their cities burnt to their ground, their people enslaved or murdered. The Empress now rules the whole of the Lost Continent, and none seem able to challenge her reign of shadow...
In Dorgon, the legendary general of Miras is chained alongside the long-prophesied Elfin Queen. The Dragon descends into darkness and vengeance and Layla Elenith slowly turns to madness to shield her from despair. They are the sole hopes of their countries....and their only chance of escape lies with a scheming princess and two spies that will do anything to save them.
Jasper Merson and Talia Swallow have sacrificed everything for a chance to free the ones they love. Their pasts haunt them, but they are far from helpless. With a traitorous heir watching their backs, can they raise an army to save the Lost Continent and free the Dragon and the Elfin Queen?
Lysandra Crimson framed her older brothers for treason and took Markus' place as Heir to the Kallian Empire. Yet her job is not half-done. Once she planned for every variable. Now she is entangled with the rebellion and acting desperately in order to secure the throne she has schemed her whole life for. With her brother still loyal to the Empress and her best friend heading in the thick of battle against him and his family, can she save both and take the crown? Or has she finally gotten in too deep?
Despite all her efforts, her people are not yet free. Nala's fight against the Empress continues; despite everything, she refuses to give up. With the Keeper Queen, the Lady of Veron and Celeste and Rose Lisell at her side, can she defeat Medea at last? Or will the Lost Continent fall forever into shadow?
Duty. Darkness. Destiny. Deception.
And above all, vengeance...
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