How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse: Book One of the Thorne Chronicles (Thorne Chronicles, #1)

by K. Eason

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First in a duology that reimagines fairy tale tropes within a space opera—The Princess Bride meets Princess Leia.
 
Rory Thorne is a princess with thirteen fairy blessings, the most important of which is to see through flattery and platitudes. As the eldest daughter, she always imagined she’d inherit her father’s throne and govern the interplanetary Thorne Consortium.
 
Then her father is assassinated, her mother gives birth to a son, and Rory is betrothed to the prince of a distant world.
 
When Rory arrives in her new home, she uncovers a treacherous plot to unseat her newly betrothed and usurp his throne. An unscrupulous minister has conspired to name himself Regent to the minor (and somewhat foolish) prince. With only her wits and a small team of allies, Rory must outmaneuver the Regent and rescue the prince.
 
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a feminist reimagining of familiar fairytale tropes and a story of resistance and self-determination—how small acts of rebellion can lead a princess to not just save herself, but change the course of history.
  • ISBN10 0756416477
  • ISBN13 9780756416478
  • Publish Date 25 August 2020 (first published 8 October 2019)
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Imprint Daw Books
  • Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
  • Pages 368
  • Language English