{"product_id":"the-scorpion-queen-paperback","title":"The Scorpion Queen (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUprooted\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eChildren of Blood and\nBone\u003c\/i\u003e in this dark fantasy inspired by a Malian fairy tale about a\nprincess whose suitors are challenged to gruesome trials.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDeep within the imperial palace at Timbuktu, Amie has suffered a devastating\nloss. Once the daughter of a prosperous salt merchant, Amie’s life was cruelly\noverturned in a matter of months. At sixteen, Amie now finds herself\ndisinherited, framed for a scandalous crime, and forced to serve Princess\nMariama of Mali. Her father, Emperor Suleyman, has created a series of\nimpossible trials for his daughter's suitors. When they fail, he publicly boils\nthem alive, littering Mariama’s path to marriage with ninety-nine corpses.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAt first, Amie’s life at court is drudgery―the chores are difficult, the\nservants despise her, and Princess Mariama is prone to mood swings―but the more\nshe learns about the princess's circumstances, the closer the two girls become.\nAmie and her intended, Kader, plan to escape Timbuktu and make a new life far\naway from the shadow of death that has fallen upon the emperor’s court, but she\nfinds herself increasingly drawn to the princess in ways she doesn’t\nunderstand.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen a mysterious discovery forces her hand, she must choose between fleeing\nwith the boy she loves or helping the princess to end the trials forever. Amie\nwill need to draw on all of her strength and courage to make the perilous\njourney through the desert to seek the aid of an exiled god in a final,\ndesperate attempt to take charge of her own destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMina Fears\u003c\/b\u003e earned her BA and MFA in Fiction from\nColumbia University. Originally from Michigan, she remains in New York City to\nsupport corporate communications for tech and finance brands. \u003ci\u003eThe\nScorpion Queen\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44958592073935,"sku":"9781250852960","price":27.2,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_2bfc9096-7fd5-4870-8fbb-62aa22267228.webp?v=1774838261","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-scorpion-queen-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}