Kingdom of the Wicked
core novel 2020 Kingdom of the Wicked
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.86 (372,411 ratings, collected 2026-09-23) |
| Page count | 384 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316428460 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Two sisters, one brutal murder. Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe, witches who live secretly among humans in nineteenth-century Sicily, avoiding notice and persecution. One night Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned restaurant in Palermo, and Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin, desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, she sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost, even if it means using dark magic long forbidden. Then she meets Wrath, one of the Wicked, the princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child, who claims to be on her side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women's murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seems. The first book of Kerri Maniscalco's romantic fantasy trilogy steeped in Italian folklore.
Where it sits
- Universe: Kingdom of the Wicked
- Series: Kingdom of the Wicked core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Notes
- From the series record (Kingdom of the Wicked): Core = all 3 novels (2020-2022); a completed young-adult dark fantasy/romantasy trilogy.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Kingdom of the Wicked: position 1 of 3: next Kingdom of the Cursed (2021)
Sources
- Hachette Book Group (Jimmy Patterson Books title page, Kingdom of the Wicked)
- Hachette Book Group (Jimmy Patterson Books title page, Kingdom of the Cursed)
- Hachette Book Group (Little, Brown title page, Kingdom of the Feared)
- The Novl (publisher YA imprint site, Kingdom of the Wicked)
- FantasticFiction (Kingdom of the Wicked)
- Jimmy Patterson Books (publisher description)
- MIT Press Bookstore (publisher description)
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