Isabelle Olmo

How does one conquer a kingdom without spilling blood? You offer your hand in marriage to the king who killed your husband. Almira was raised by a calculating father who forged her in political cunning. She’s prepared for this moment since childhood. Like pieces on a board, she lays out the players one by one. One. King Alton, the brother-killer. The spare heir who killed his brother for lust of throne. Two. The perfect seamstress. The people must admire a queen and welcome her with open arms. Even with a deadly armada behind her. Three. The Queen’s Red Guard. The group of warrior women who have one purpose; to protect the queen at all costs. Even from her husband. Even from herself. Queen & Conqueror is the first book in an epic feminist fantasy series told from the perspective of the women who rule and shape the future. “Men will never be ready for women like us and it is not our job to ready them.”