Queen of the Conquered

Name: Queen of the Conquered
ISBN: 9780316454933

by Kacen Callender

World Fantasy · 2020 · Winner

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OrbitNovember 12, 2019Science Fiction & FantasyISBN 9780316454933

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2020	Winner	“Kacen Callender's Caribbean colonial fantasy won for its unflinching examination of slavery and complicity from within, its morally complex protagonist, and its refusal to simplify the horror it depicts.”

About This Book

Sigourney Rose is the only surviving member of a noble family massacred by the colonists who rule her island—and she seeks to use the colonizers' own tools to destroy them from within, in this dark Caribbean-set fantasy.

About the Author

Kacen CallenderUS

Kacen Callender (formerly Lex Callender, formerly Kheryn Callender) is a Caribbean-American author of fantasy and young adult fiction. They won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Queen of the Conquered (2020), set on a fictional Caribbean island during a brutal colonial occupation. The novel was praised for its unflinching examination of slavery, colonialism, and complicity. Read more →