The recipient of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy in 2015 was frozen. Celaena Sardothien has had everyone she loves taken from her. She has finally come back to the realm - seeking revenge, to save her once-grand domain, and to face the ghosts of her history. . . . She has fully embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, the Queen of Terrasen. However, she must engage in battle before regaining her rightful place as queen. She is ready to battle on behalf of her cousin, a fighter willing to sacrifice everything just to catch another glimpse of her. She'll stand up for her friend, a young man stuck in an indescribable jail. She's going to stand up for her people, who are under the rule of a cruel monarch and anticipating the victorious comeback of their missing queen.