The story is set eight years after the events in The Queen of Nothing, where Suren/Wren (runaway child Queen of the Court of Teeth) and Oak (Prince and Heir of Elfhame) are on a quest to stop Lady Nore, who has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. But if she agrees, it will mean guarding her heart against the boy she once knew and a prince she cannot trust, as well as confronting all the horrors she thought she had left behind. The Stolen Heir is the first book in the duology spin-off of The Folk of the Air Series. He's on a mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren's help. Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful and manipulative. Suren is saved by none other than Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, to whom she was once promised in marriage and who she has resented for years. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag Bogdana chases her through the night streets. Lonely, and still haunted by the merciless torments she endured in the Court of Teeth, she bides her time by releasing mortals from foolish bargains. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power over her mother, fled to the human world, where she lives feral in the woods. But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth, has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel where she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge. #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black returns to the opulent world of Elfhame in the first book in a thrilling new duology, following Jude's brother Oak, and the changeling queen, Suren.Įight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent.
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