In this companion to the Newbery Honor book The Thief and its sequels a kidnapped prince fights to reclaim his throne and his country in a sweeping adventure of swords wits and subterfuge. Discover the world of the Queen s Thief New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner s entrancing and award-winning Queen s Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction Eugenides the thief. Megan Whalen Turner s Queen s Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue battles lost and won dangerous journeys divine intervention power passion revenge and deception. The New York Times bestseller A Conspiracy of Kings won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo Marie Lu Patrick Rothfuss and George R. R. Martin. After an attempted assassination and kidnapping Sophos heir to the throne of Sounis disappears. Those who care for him--including the thief Eugenides and the Queen of Eddis--are left to wonder if he is alive and if they will ever see him again. The Queen s Thief novels have been praised by writers critics reviewers and fans and have been honored with glowing reviews best of citations and numerous awards including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize a Newbery Honor the Andre Norton Award shortlist and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Discover and rediscover the stand-alone companions The Queen of Attolia The King of Attolia A Conspiracy of Kings and Thick as Thieves all epic novels set in the world of the Queen s Thief. Winner of the LA Times Book Award A New York Times Bestseller A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book A School Library Journal Best Book The Queen s Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless the revelations stunning and the characters flawed cunning heartbreaking exceptional. Megan Whalen Turner s books have a permanent spot on my favorites shelf with space waiting for more books to come. --Laini Taylor New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer Unforgettable characters plot twists that will make your head spin a world rendered in elegant detail--you will fall in love with every page of these stories. Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid immersive heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again. --Leigh Bardugo New York Times-bestselling author of The Grisha Trilogy and Six of Crows Megan Whalen Turner is one of my all-time favorite writers . . . impossible to put down. --Holly Black award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of the Modern Faerie Tale series and The Darkest Part of the Forest Romance intrigue mystery surprises and sheer beautiful writing. --Cassandra Clare award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments and Lady Midnight The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters I almost believe in its gods. --Kristin Cashore award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of the Graceling Realm series A Conspiracy of Kings brings the sweetest sharpest kind of reading pleasure. Megan Whalen Turner s books are pure joy. --Rebecca Stead Newbery Medalist and New York Times-bestselling author of When You Reach Me and Goodbye Stranger