The One-Armed Queen
core novel 1998 Great Alta
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.70 (709 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312852436 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
More than a decade after the wars between women and men that reshaped the Dales, Queen Jenna rules beside King Carum and has three children. The eldest, Scillia, was adopted in the way of the warrior priestesses of the Hames and is the intended heir; she travels the mother road to learn about her birth parents. Her brother Jemson is sent as an exchange to a land hostile to women and peasants, while the middle child, Corrie, keeps the family together. The king of Garun-over-the-Sea, at war with the Dales for a generation, plots to turn Jemson against his mother and sister so that Garun can seize the throne and invade. The dark sisters play a much smaller part than before.
Where it sits
- Universe: Great Alta
- Series: Great Alta core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jane Yolen
Notes
- Includes music and lyrics for ten songs by Adam Stemple.
- From the series record (Great Alta): Three novels about Jenna, her shadow sister Skada and the next generation of the Dales.
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 Great Alta: position 3 of 3: previous White Jenna (1989)
Sources
- Jane Yolen official site (Sister Light, Sister Dark)
- Rising Shadow
- Publishers Weekly (The One-Armed Queen)
- Rising Shadow
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