The Oracle Queen

Triplet queens born on the island of Fennbirn can be many things: elementals, poisoners, naturalists. If an oracle queen is born, however — one with the gift of sight — she is drowned immediately, extinguishing any chance of her taking the throne.

It was not always so. The practice began with Queen Elsabet, the legendary and last oracle queen, whose reign was tinged with blood and horror. Paranoid, ruthless and utterly mad, Elsabet's mistrust is said to have led to the senseless slaying of three entire houses of innocent people. At least, that is the unchallenged tale passed down through generations.

But what really happened? The Oracle Queen tells the true story behind the queen who, though born with the gift of sight, could not foresee her own swift and sudden fall from power — until it was too late. A prequel e-novella to Kendare Blake's Three Dark Crowns series.