Copyright © 2021 by Ashok K. Banker
All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Banker, Ashok, author.
Title: A dark queen rises / Ashok K Banker.
Description: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. | Series: The Burnt Empire saga ; book 2 | Summary: “Returning to Ashok K. Banker’s brilliant #ownvoices, epic fantasy world of the Burnt Empire first introduced in Upon a Burning Throne, A Dark Queen Rises features Krushni and Karni, two women on quests to protect the innocent and bring down tyrants”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020023907 (print) | LCCN 2020023908 (ebook) | ISBN 9781328916297 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781328916730 (ebook)
Subjects: GSAFD: Fantasy fiction.
Classification: LCC PR9499.3.B264 D37 2021 (print) | LCC PR9499.3.B264 (ebook) | DDC 823/.914—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020023907
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020023908
Cover illustrations © Alex Eckman-Lawn
Cover design by Brian Moore
Author photograph courtesy of Ashok Banker
Map by Carly Miller
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