The Queen of Swords

One of the most popular characters from the Golgotha series ventures beyond the Weird West on a boldly imaginative, globe-spanning adventure of her own. 1720. Escaping the gallows, Anne Bonney, the infamous pirate queen, sets sail in search of a fabulous treasure said to be hiding in a lost city of bones somewhere in the heart of Africa. But what she finds is a destiny she never expected . . . 1870. Maude Stapleton is a respectable widow raising a daughter on her own. Few know, however, that Maude belongs to an ancient order of assassins, the Daughters of Lilith, and heir to the legacy of Anne Bonney, whose swashbuckling exploits blazed a trail that Maude must now follow—if she ever wants to see her kidnapped daughter again. Searching for her missing child, come hell or high water, Maude finds herself caught in the middle of a secret war between the Daughters of Lilith and their ancestral enemies, the monstrous Sons of Typhon, inhuman creatures spawned by primordial darkness, she embarks on a perilous voyage that will ultimately lead her to the long-lost secret of Anne Bonney—and the Father of All Monsters. "Belcher's enjoyable third historical fantasy employs considerable imagination to drop readers into a fully formed world of magic and mysticism, drawing on ancient cultures and rituals while serving up exciting action sequences . . . Fans of the Golgotha series will adore this, and new readers will find a rich new world to fall into as well as two very strong heroines to root for." ―Publishers Weekly R. S. Belcher's Golgotha series The Six-Gun Tarot (#1) The Shotgun Arcana (#2) The Queen of Swords (#3) The Ghost Dance Judgement (#4)