The Scorpion Queen

<p><b>Printing with sprayed edges for a limited time! <i><br><br>Uprooted</i></b><b> meets <i>Children of Blood and Bone</i> in this dark fantasy inspired by a Malian fairy tale about a princess whose suitors are challenged to gruesome trials.</b><br><br>Deep within the imperial palace at Timbuktu, Amie has suffered a devastating loss. Once the daughter of a prosperous salt merchant Amie¿s life was cruelly overturned in a matter of months. At sixteen, Amie now finds herself disinherited, framed for a scandalous crime, and forced to serve Princess Mariama of Mali. Her father, Emperor Sulyeman, has created a series of impossible trials for his daughter''s suitors. When they fail, he publicly boils them alive, littering Mariama¿s path to marriage with ninety-nine corpses.<br><br>At first, Amie¿s life at court is drudgery¿the chores are difficult, the servants despise her, and Princess Mariama is prone to mood swings¿but the more she learns about the princess''s circumstances, the closer t