The True Queen
core novel 2019 Sorcerer to the Crown
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.84 (3,687 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780425283417 |
Synopsis
The True Queen, published by Zen Cho in 2019, is the second novel of the Sorcerer Royal series. Sisters Muna and Sakti wash ashore on the coast of Janda Baik with no memory of who they are, cursed by an unknown enemy and taken in by a protective local witch who shelters them while they try to piece together the truth. Seeking a cure, the sisters travel toward England, but during the crossing between worlds Sakti is lost within the fairy realm, leaving Muna to arrive in London alone and uncertain how to bring her sister home. There Muna finds refuge with Prunella Wythe, the Sorceress Royal now running an academy for young magiciennes, just as the disappearance of a magical talisman belonging to the Fairy Queen threatens to provoke a deadly confrontation between England's magicians and the fairy court.
Where it sits
- Universe: Sorcerer to the Crown
- Series: The Sorcerer Royal core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Zen Cho
Notes
- From the series record (The Sorcerer Royal): A completed duology (confirmed via the author's own site, despite some retail listings mislabeling it a 'trilogy') -- Regency-era historical fantasy centering a freed-slave sorcerer and a Malaysian orphan sorceress, by a Malaysian-British author. Sorcerer to the Crown won the 2016 British Fantasy Award's Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer and was a 2016 Locus Award for Best First Novel finalist; no award record found for The True Queen in the sources checked.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Sorcerer Royal: position 2 of 2: previous Sorcerer to the Crown (2015)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Zen Cho
- https://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/overall-b-reviews/b-plus-reviews/review-the-true-queen-by-zen-cho/
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