Queen of the Darkness

core novel 2000 Black Jewels

Record

First published	2000
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.20 (27,926 ratings, collected 2026-08-27)
Page count	430
First-edition ISBN	9780451456731
Internal chronology	3

Synopsis

The concluding novel of the original Black Jewels trilogy picks up with Jaenelle Angelline, having completed her Offering to the Darkness, now ruling as Queen of Ebon Askavi and protector of the Shadow Realm. With her power fully awakened, she turns to hold accountable the corrupt members of the Blood who spent generations preying on the innocent and defiling the land she now governs. To face this reckoning she needs her Court whole, but her promised Consort, Daemon Sadi, remains lost in the madness of the Twisted Kingdom, and recovering him becomes essential to completing her strength. As Jaenelle works to reunite her allies and restore Daemon, the story follows her efforts to consolidate her rule and prepare her chosen family for a confrontation with the entrenched, malevolent factions still threatening the realms of Terreille, Kaeleer, and Hell.

Where it sits

• Universe: Black Jewels
• Series: The Black Jewels Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Anne Bishop

Notes

• From the series record (The Black Jewels Trilogy): The original trilogy that introduced the world of Kaeleer/Terreille/Hell.

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 The Black Jewels Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous Heir to the Shadows (1999)

Sources

• Wikipedia: The Black Jewels
• Anne Bishop official site: The Black Jewels Trilogy
• https://urbanfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Jewels_series

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