kings and rulers

Jude, a seventeen-year-old mortal, is now the power behind the Faerie throne, with Cardan as her puppet. As the defacto ruler, court intrigues plague her, and Cardan is more interested in the celebrity than actually taking initiative to lead. Then, a plot against Jude's life comes from someone close to her, and Jude must find the traitor before she loses everything she loves. All the while, she contemplates her increasingly confusing feelings for Cardan.

Jude, the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, is in the human world but is forced back to the Faerie High Court to save her sister, Taryn. And once in an Elfhame she doesn't recognize, she is also once again forced to confront her feelings for Cardan. Jude feels a war brewing and she must find a way to break a dark curse.

Rory Thorne's thirteenth fairy blessing was to always be able to see through lies, platitudes, and flattery--a curse, actually, to always know the truth. Rory once thought she would inherit her father's throne, but then her brother was born. When her father, the ruler of the interplanetary Thorne Consortium, is assassinated, Rory is married off to the prince of a far away planet. She uncovers a political plot against her betrothed, and Rory must use her thirteenth fairy blessing to stop the plot and rescue her prince.

Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, so when she is taken to the king's dangerous court she believes death will soon follow, but night after night Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, leading her to unlocking years of fear that have tormented and silenced the kingdom, and soon she is dreaming of bigger, more terrible magic, power enough to save a king, if she can put an end to rule of a monster.

"The Trials of Virtuous Succession have ended. Prince Andreus is king--and Princess Carys is dead. But even as he's haunted by what he did to win the throne, Andreus discovers that his dream of ruling only brings new problems. The people love his twin even more in death than they did when she was alive. The Elders treat him as a figurehead. And worst of all, the winds of Eden are faltering. But despite what everyone believes, Carys is alive. Exiled to the wilderness, Carys struggles to control the powers that have broken free inside her. And as she grows stronger, so does her conviction that she must return to the Palace of Winds, face her twin and root out the treachery that began long before the first Trials started. The Kingdom of Eden is growing darker with each passing day. Brother and sister, former foes, must decide whether some betrayals cut too deep to be forgiven--and whether one will wear the crown or both will lose everything"--Provided by publisher.

"The Maroons strike back! First they stole the M'kraan shard from the empire. Now the rebels are ready to show who they really are. 'He Who Put the Blade Where It Belonged' retakes his rightful title, and the Black Panther is reborn! With the Panther once again among their ranks, the rebels are certain of victory--but at what cost? T'Challa faces a creature of nightmare and journeys to the homeworld of the Between, the place where N'Jadaka's rise began! But what he learns there will lead him to question the rebellions' very foundation. Will Bast's champion ever be fully restored?"--Back cover.

"Twins Carys and Andreus were never destined to rule Eden. With their older brother next in line to inherit the throne, the future of the kingdom was secure. But appearances--and rivals--can be deceiving. When Eden's king and crown prince are killed by assassins, Eden desperately needs a monarch, but the line of succession is no longer clear. With a ruling council scheming to gain power, Carys and Andreus are faced with only one option--to take part in a Trial of Succession that will determine which one of them is worthy of ruling the kingdom"--Amazon.com.

When the Little Princess discovers that her dad, the King, is not as adventurous as the other dads, she decides to give some fun activities a try without him and realizes she is more like her father than she thought.

Explains the life and times of King Tutankhamen, an ancient Egyptian ruler, covering the story of his tomb's discovery by Howard Carter in 1922 as well as myths and so-called mummy curses.

"In 1210 AD, Uma, a Healer raised by a tribe of people native to Wilde Island, must complete an impossible task for the English queen or be burned alive, and her only ally is the part dragon, part fairy Pendragon prince who is struggling with a secret of his own"--Provided by publisher.