
A Crow chieftain fights a witch queen’s plague-fueled coup in a bloody YA fantasy of loyalty, rebellion, and hard choices.
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A Crow chieftain fights a witch queen’s plague-fueled coup in a bloody YA fantasy of loyalty, rebellion, and hard choices.
An NPR Best Book of the Year! Kings become outcasts and lovers become foes in The Faithless Hawk , the thrilling sequel to Margaret Owen's The Merciful Crow . As the new chieftain of the Crows, Fie knows better than to expect a royal to keep his word. Still she’s hopeful that Prince Jasimir will fulfill his oath to protect her fellow Crows. But then black smoke fills the sky, signaling the death of King Surimir and the beginning of Queen Rhusana's merciless bid for the throne. With the witch que...
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Romantic tension and relationships; attraction without explicit sex
Gore, blood, killing, torture, and graphic disease-related descriptions
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Gay and bisexual characters; cast with fluid sexualities and identities
Cryptic religious prophecies and faith elements in the worldbuilding
Witch queen, Crow death-magic, and plague powers drive the plot
No real-world occult content present
Caste oppression, court intrigue, and social revolution are central
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Systemic caste cruelty, torture, plague as weapon, exile and starvation
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