Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Reads for Tweens: PRINCESS KANDAKE

I am excited to share this power house series for tween girls. Author Stephanie Jefferson, takes readers on a wild ride through ancient Egypt. Her story focuses on a girl from from Nubia who must choose between becoming the warrior she's always dreamed of or a princess appointed to rule. Check out what readers are calling: "Fantastic Historical Fiction!" Also the new release of the third installment in the Princess Kandake series.


Princess Kandake
Warrior by Choice...Appointed to Rule


In Nubia a woman can be whatever she chooses. At 14, Kandake knows exactly what she chooses…Prime Warrior of Nubia. But her grandmother has said that she will follow her father on the throne.

Refusing to abandon her warrior dreams she continues to train. When her brother is kidnapped, Kandake learns she must be both queen and warrior to win his release!





Weight of the Crown
 A PRINCESS KANDAKE Novel

Reconciled to the fact that she will follow her father on the throne, Kandake maintains her resolve to continue her warrior training. But illness takes King Amani to the edge of death and Kandake must rule Nubia in his place. Prince Gadarat of Aksum comes calling and announces his intentions to marry Kandake. She has no desire for him or his plans and uses warrior persuasion to change his mind.

Kandake’s dearest friend, Ezena, has chosen a husband and wishes to bring her grandmother to Nubia for the ceremony. When Kandake travels with Ezena to Aksum, jealousy and revenge drive the rejected Prince to imprison her brother and Amhara.

Can Kandake rescue them both, escape Aksum, and get back to Nubia without starting a war?


NEW RELEASE!

Warrior of the Egyptian Kingdom
A PRINCESS KANDAKE Novel

Warrior of the Egyptian Kingdom Princess Kandake, youngest child of King Amani and heir to the throne of Nubia, has determined to continue her warrior training, but that is not the only thing that complicates her 14 year old life.

When the king receives a dispatch from Pharaoh Nakhtnebef of Egypt, Kandake is sent to find out why the pharaoh would need Nubia’s warriors to remain in Egypt any longer and why he has included a secret symbol within his message—help.

In Egypt, Kandake discovers treachery and a poisoned pharaoh, the identity of the bandits that attacked Nubia’s caravans, a Nubian orphan, and that Kandake may be Sakhmet—the Egyptian goddess of war.


http://stephaniejefferson.com/princess-kandake-series/warrior-of-the-egyptian-kingdom/
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1 comment:

  1. These look like great books, Stephanie! Here's wishing you many sales! :)

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