The King Will Kill You (Kingdoms of Sand and Sky #3)

by Sarah Henning

Overview

The Princess Bride meets Game of Thrones in this commercial YA trilogy from acclaimed fantasy author Sarah Henning.

Princess Amarande is finally on the verge of having everything she wants. To be with her true love Luca, no one nor law standing in the way. To rule Ardenia as queen outright, no marriage necessary, as Luca does the same with the reformed Torrence. To rebuild the continent of The Sand and Sky into a place not defined by archaic, patriarchal laws, but by the will of its people.

However, threats await in the shadows of Amarande’s hoped-for happily ever after. One expected and deadly to both her love and every one of her objectives. The other, unexpected, and arising with a vicious aim: revenge at any cost. Against the princess who killed him, the boy whose love made her do it, and the continent cruel enough to deserve his rage.

The King Will Kill You is the epic, pulse-pounding conclusion to Sarah Henning’s Kingdoms of Sand and Sky trilogy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250841032
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/02/2022
Series:	Kingdoms of Sand and Sky Trilogy , #3
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	167,721
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.50(h) x 1.30(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Sarah Henning is the author of several books for young adults, including the Indies Introduce/Indies Next selection and Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Sea Witch, and its sequel, Sea Witch Rising; The Princess Will Save You, The Queen Will Betray You, and The King Will Kill You, as well as Throw Like A Girl and its companion book, It's All In How You Fall. Her first middle grade book, Monster Camp, is scheduled to release in Summer 2023, and she appears in the girls-in-sports anthology, Out of Our League (2024). When not writing, she runs ultramarathons, hits the playground with her two kids, and hangs out with her husband Justin, who doubles as her long-suffering IT department. Sarah lives in Lawrence, Kansas, hometown of Langston Hughes, William S. Burroughs, and a really good basketball team.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Book One: The Princess Will Save You

“Full of inconceivable wit, daring adventure, and cunning political machinations…It’s as if Sarah Henning looked into my soul that yearned for a book like The Princess Bride and said—as you wish. And yes, this is a kissing book.”—Ashley Poston, author of Heart of Iron

“The Princess Will Save You is everything we love about YA fantasy, complete with first love, sweeping adventure, and a fierce heroine who holds her own. There’s something for everyone in this book.”—Adrienne Young, New York Times bestselling author of The Sky in the Deep

“An action-packed adventure with a fierce heroine that is sure to enthrall! Sarah Henning has created a fantasy narrative that weaves together love and betrayal, pirates and swordplay. Sure to please anyone who grew up loving tales of princesses.”—Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses

“Fantasy and romance fans alike will gobble up this energetic story.”—School Library Journal

“A riveting series of adventures.”—Booklist

“A breakneck fantasy adventure with the most kick-ass heroine I’ve read in months. Swoony romance, sword fights, a great cast of characters and some clever parallels to a story about another princess who won’t be made a bride makes The Princess Will Save You a strong contender for my favorite novel of the year.”—Emily Hall Schroen, Main Street Books, St. Charles, Missouri

From the Publisher

2022-05-10
Strong women rise and fall amid more pop-culture memes and references as the “smirking patriarchy” strikes back in this follow-up to 2021’s The Queen Will Betray You.

Aftershocks of the previous episode’s ending still resounding, tempestuous 16-year-old Queen Amarande calls fellow monarchs of Sand and Sky together to make a new “modern and exciting” alliance—only to have infuriatingly condescending challenges to her legitimacy threaten to rob her of throne, power, and even her heart’s companion and sword practice partner, Luca. Meanwhile, not only is her murderous mother still on the loose, but Renard, crown prince of Pyrenee and the literally rotten ex-fiance she fatally knifed at the altar, has miraculously returned from the dead (shades of Jon Snow!) bent on vengeance. Fair doses of steamy snogging, savage combat during which there always seems to be time for tart exchanges—“Your black wolf is dead, boy, and you will be, too!” (yes, even the dog dies)—and furious expostulations about misogynistic gender expectations later, Amarande leaves her more strategically astute but less idealistic foes spitted and has taken definitive action to “build the Sand and Sky back better than before” …clearing the decks for a final exchange of vows uninterrupted by knives or poisons. The cast is predominantly White.

A score-settling third volume that really sticks it to, and in, the man. (kingdom guide) (Fantasy. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews