The King in the Forest

Elsyn has been queen for one year, and things are not going well.

Strange and terrible fairies are attacking her subjects. Her people go hungry and she struggles to feed them. Kandar, her goblin consort, has made a habit of throwing noblemen down a hill (they deserved it), and Ben, their human lover, is rumored to have killed his mother (she's alive, well, and stealing holy cheese).

Worst of all, Elsyn is separated from Kandar and Ben, as they seek aid from a fire-worshipping duke. In the duk...