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Seit Kelsea Glynn ihr rechtmäßiges Erbe angetreten hat, ist im Königreich Tearling ein Zeitalter der Menschlichkeit und der Gerechtigkeit angebrochen. Doch mit der Roten Königin des Nachbarreiches Mortmesne hat sich Kelsea eine ebenso mächtige wie gefährliche Feindin gemacht: Unaufhaltsam marschiert die gewaltige Mort-Armee auf die Grenzen Tearlings zu. Noch während Kelsea versucht, einen Krieg zu verhindern, den sie nicht gewinnen kann, kommt sie einem Geheimnis aus der Vergangenheit auf die Spur - einem Geheimnis, das das Schicksal Tearlings für immer verändern wird.

Als Kelsea Glynn an ihrem 19. Geburtstag den Thron des Königreiches Tearling besteigt, tritt sie ein schweres Erbe an: Die mächtige Herrscherin des Nachbarlandes Mortmesne bedroht Tearling. Das eigene Volk begegnet ihr mit Misstrauen. Und an ihrem Hof findet sie einen Sumpf von Machtgier, Lügen und Intrigen vor. Kelsea weiß, sie darf sich keinen Fehler erlauben, wenn sie überleben will. Sie wird all ihren Mut, ihre Klugheit und Stärke brauchen, um eine wahre Königin zu werden - die legendäre Königin von Tearling ...

With each passing day, Kelsea Glynn is growing into her new responsibilities as queen of the Tearling. By stopping the shipments of slaves to the neighboring kingdom of Mortmesne, she crossed the Red Queen, a brutal ruler whose power derives from dark magic, who is sending her fearsome army into the Tearling to take what is hers. And nothing can stop the invasion.

In less than a year, Kelsea Glynn has transformed from a gawky teenager into a powerful monarch. As she has come into her own as the Queen of the Tearling, the headstrong, visionary leader has also transformed her realm. In her quest to end corruption and restore justice, she has made many enemies - including the evil Red Queen, her fiercest rival, who has set her armies against the Tear.

Light and dark—this is the cursed birthright placed upon Clara and Natasha by their godfather, Drosselmeyer, whose power and greed hold an entire city in his sway. Charming Clara, the favorite, grows into a life of beauty and ease, while Natasha is relegated to her sister’s shadow, ignored and unloved. But Natasha seizes the opportunity for revenge one Christmas Eve, when Drosselmeyer arrives at the family gala with the Nutcracker, an enchanted gift that offers entry into an alternate world: the Kingdom of Sweets.

The Tearling has reverted to feudalism, a far cry from the utopia it was founded to be. As the gap between rich and poor widens and famine threatens the land, sparking unrest, rumours of a prophecy begin to spread: a great hope, a True Queen who will rise up and save the kingdom. But rumours will not help Lazarus, a man raised to kill in the brutal clandestine underworld of the Creche, nor Aislinn, a farm girl who must reckon with her own role in the growing rebellion.  

The Tearling, founded as a utopia, has collapsed and reverted to feudalism. As the gap between rich and poor widens and famine threatens the land, rumors of a prophecy begin to spread: a great hope, a True Queen who will ascend and save the kingdom. But rumors will not help Lazarus, a boy on the verge of manhood, trapped in the clandestine underworld known as the Creche. Enlisted from his earliest days to kill without mercy, he has never seen sun or sky, not until a quest for vengeance propels him above ground.