TY - BOOK AU - Banker,Ashok TI - A dark queen rises T2 - The Burnt Empire saga SN - 9781328916297 PY - 2021/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KW - Queens KW - Fiction KW - Imperialism KW - Imaginary wars and battles KW - Inheritance and succession KW - Gods KW - Magic KW - Kings and rulers KW - Fantasy fiction KW - lcgft N2 - "Returning to Ashok K. Banker's brilliant #ownvoices, epic fantasy world of the Burnt Empire first introduced in Upon a Burning Throne, A Dark Queen Rises features Krushni and Karni, two women on quests to protect the innocent and bring down tyrants"--; Queen Aqreen of Aquila leaves her husband Jarsun and flees across the Red Desert. She is determined to keep her daughter from being used by Jarsun to stake his claim to the Burning Throne of Hastinaga, seat of the all-powerful Burnt Empire. But Jarsun is vengeful and can summon legions of demoniac forces at will. The Red Desert is vast, and the journey dangerous ER -