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Anna Kopp
Anna Kopp is the author of Marble Queen. She writes fiction and focuses on character-driven stories.
Marble Queen
Synopsis
Princess Amelia's home kingdom of Marion is on its knees after months of pirate raids on its trade routes, so when the secretive nation of Iliad offers an unusually generous marriage alliance, she leaves home without hesitation. What she doesn't expect is that her betrothed isn't Iliad's prince at all, but its newly coronated Queen Salira, who needs the marriage just as urgently to shore up supplies and legitimacy for her own throne.
As Amelia settles into her new role and begins to genuinely fall for Salira, she uncovers a conspiracy to unseat the queen and drag the nation back into war. Sword fights, court politics, and slow-building romance carry this sapphic YA graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics, which pairs political intrigue with a marriage-of-convenience love story between two young women each trying to save a kingdom.
Genres
Characters
SaliraProtagonist
The newly crowned queen of Iliad, who needs the marriage alliance to secure her throne and her nation's supplies.
Princess Amelia (of Marion)Protagonist
A princess from the war-weary kingdom of Marion who accepts a marriage alliance with Iliad, expecting a prince and finding Queen Salira instead.
Frequently asked questions
Was this book always intended to be a graphic novel?
The author originally wrote the story as a prose novel, which served as the manuscript that secured her literary representation before it was later adapted into a graphic novel format.