First published 2017
Jalan Kendeth has survived Hell once. Now he has to go back. Armed with Loki's key, a device that can open any lock and any door, Jalan fights his way through the horrors beneath the world with one goal in mind: return to the living and get back to gambling, drinking, and women. He expects nothing more than that. The universe disagrees. Above ground, the Wheel of Osheim is spinning faster. If it is not stopped, it will grind the world apart. Jalan and his companion Snorri ver Snagason face the armies of the Dead King and the many mirrors of the Lady Blue, two forces that would sooner see both men destroyed than let them reach their destination. Jalan is a coward by his own admission, a prince who has spent his life running from responsibility. But the key is in his hand, the wheel is turning, and someone has to act. The third and final book in the Red Queen's War trilogy brings Jalan's long retreat from heroism to its end.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, dark-fantasy, epic-fantasy
Vibes: dark, epic, fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, quest, redemption-arc, reluctant-hero
Setting: Hell, Underworld
640 pages · Paperback · Harper Voyager
Content warnings: gore, violence