2023 New England Book Festival Best Young Adult 2023 Hollywood Book Festival Winner, Best Sequel 2023 New York Book Festival runner-up, Best Adult Fiction 2023 Paris Book Festival honorable mention Best Novel From Bram Stoker Award winner Steve Burt, sequel to The Bookseller's Daughter (2019 New York Book Festival Grand Prize Winner) A wounded Luna and two of her female friends have risked their lives bucking their ancient race's patriarchal system that kills female heirs to the throne at birth. Now, after hatching three babies in Wells--two females and a male--they are hding in the Allagash Wilderness west of Mt. Katahdin. They must battle harsh weather, infections, starvation, wild animals, trigger-happy humans, Luna's arch-enemy Faucon, and the king's assassins. But with the help of six humans including the bookseller Maryann, her daughter Keegan, and their friends, there's hope.

Protect the Queen is the exciting, long-awaited sequel to the 2019 regional bestseller, The Bookseller's Daughter, which won the New York Book Festival grand prize for adults and the 2019 Mom's Choice gold medal for teens