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Queens of Fate
Series · 3 books · 2020-2025

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#1

Queen of None

2020

When Anna Pendragon was born, Merlin prophesied: Through all the ages, and in the hearts of men, you will be forgotten. Married at twelve, and a mother soon after, Anna - the famed King Arthur's sister - did not live a young life full of promise, myth, and legend. She bore three strong sons and delivered the kingdom of Orkney to her brother by way of her marriage. She did as she was asked, invisible and useful for her name, her status, her dowry, and her womb. Twenty years after she left her home, Anna returns to Carelon at Arthur's bidding, carrying the crown of her now-dead husband, Lot of Orkney. Past her prime and confined to the castle itself, she finds herself yet again a pawn in greater machinations and seemingly helpless to do anything about it. Anna must once again face the demons of her childhood: her sister Morgen, Elaine, and Morgause; Merlin and his scheming Avillion priests; and Bedevere, the man she once loved. To say nothing of new court visitors, like Lanceloch, or the trouble concerning her own sons. Carelon, and all of Braetan, is changing, though, and Anna must change along with it. New threats, inside and out, lurk in the shadows, and a strange power begins to awaken in her. As she learns to reconcile her dark gift, and struggles to keep the power to herself, she must bargain her own strength, and family, against her ambition and thirst for revenge.
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#2

Queen of Fury

2024

One by one the kings of Braetan kneel before King Arthur under a banner of peace. Hwyfar, eldest daughter of King Leodegraunce and famed libertine of Carelon, has returned to Avillion to find her father ruined by madness and a usurper poised to take the throne. Reluctantly she takes the mantle of Queen Regent to protect her kingdom, but she’ll need an army—which King Arthur pledges to send her, providing she marries one of his knights and surrenders the crown. Arthur’s forces arrive under the command of Gawain of Orkney, who Hwyfar remembers as a brute; but she comes to realise he is not the man she thought he was, and finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. But Arthur has plans for her, and has commanded Gawain to keep well away—and in Arthur’s court, without the King’s blessing, love is treason. Hwyfar and Gawain must navigate both a world of ancient forests and corrupt magic, and the political machinations of two courts, if they have any hope of escaping Arthur’s ever-tightening grasp.
#3

Queen of Mercy

2025

The gorgeous final chapter in the critically-acclaimed female-led Arthurian Fantasy Romance trilogy Morgen le Fay has lived at the center of King Arthur’s court her whole life: apprentice to Merlin, midwife to Gweynevere, aunt to the Orkneys, and acolyte to the high sorceress Vyvian du Lac. From the age of fourteen, her ubiquitous presence upon battlefields, in birthing chambers, and in political arenas—along with her reputation for powerful magic—has made her a myth in her own time. And a target. But Morgen is just a mortal like the rest, and when Vyvian du Lac dies, she is left inexplicably bereft of her magic. Not only her power, but the entire framework of the Path—a powerful network connecting the Circle of Nine, Morgen’s council of sorceresses—collapses. And death itself, it seems, is close on Morgen’s heels. Magic isn’t done with her yet, though. Morgen is whisked away from Carelon to the heart of Brocèliande forest, where she must face legendary beasts, mad witches, and the shadows of her own past. Forced to lean on the moody, mysterious Sir Yvain—the son of the man she once married for love—Morgen must embark on an adventure worthy of the songs, or lose everything she has worked decades for. Things at Carelon, however, continue to deteriorate in Morgen’s absence. Bolstered by her disappearance, Queen Mawra targets Morgen’s daughter, Llachlyn. Unlike her mother, Llachlyn does not appear to have any powers, but spends most of her time at court with her cousin young Sir Galahad and their friend, the squire Percival. When they share a vision of the graal, Queen Mawra threatens to send Llachlyn—a pagan—to a nunnery. With Galahad's help, she and Percival escape north to Sir Gawain’s home, begging for help and protection. Gawain and Hwyfar, who have spent ten peaceful years away from court in a forbidden marriage, are now swept back into the political sphere where the battle for Arthur's legacy has just begun. As Arthur’s health deteriorates, Lanceloch and Mawra’s schemes come to life, and new threats arise from deep within the castle, they must atone for their past decisions and train up the next generation, all before the graal falls into the wrong hands. The epic conclusion to the Queens of Fate series sees old foes return, new loves kindled, buried secrets revealed, and ancient grudges re-emerge, all against the backdrop of the final days of King Arthur’s Carelon.

Author

Natania Barron
Natania Barron
Author · 11 books

Natania Barron is a writer with a penchant for the speculative; she is also an unrepentant geek. Her work has appeared in Weird Tales, EscapePod, The Gatehouse Gazette, Thaumatrope, Bull Spec, Crossed Genres, Steampunk Tales, Faerie Magazine, and in a number of anthologies. Her work often incorporates Victorian aesthetics with magic and science fiction, treading between genres whenever possible. Her first novel, Pilgrim of the Sky, debuted in 2011. She has since published a music fiction novel (ROCK REVIVAL), a trilogy of novellas set in early 20th century high society with monster heroines (THESE MARVELOUS BEASTS), and her Arthurian retelling QUEEN OF NONE is set to release December 2020. Natania is also the founder of The Outer Alliance, a group dedicated to queer advocacy in speculative fiction. Natania holds a BA in English/Writing from Loyola University Maryland and an MA in English with a concentration in medieval literature from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In her spare time she cooks, bakes, drinks wine, crochets, plays guitar and ukulele, and enjoys nature. She lives in North Carolina with her family.

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