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    "title": "Cruel Crown",
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    "annotation": "<P>\nPreviously published as individual ebook-only novellas, QUEEN SONG and STEEL SCARS.\nTwo women on either side of the Silver-Red divide tell the stories no one else knows.\nQueen Song\nQueen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary - how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life.\nSteel Scars\nDiana Farley was raised to be strong, but being tasked with planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected. As she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital, she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation - Mare Barrow.\nContains an extract from GLASS SWORD, the second novel in the Red Queen series.\n</P>",
    "description": "Two women on either side of the Silver and Red divide tell the stories no one else knows.\n\nDiscover the truth of Norta\u2019s bloody past in these two revealing prequels to #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller RED QUEEN.\n\nQueen Song\n\nQueen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary\u2014how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lie ahead for her in royal life.\n\nSteel Scars\n\nCaptain Farley was raised to be strong, but being tasked with planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected. As she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital, she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation\u2014Mare Barrow.\n\nPlus a Glass Sword sneak peek!\n\nAn exclusive excerpt of the hotly anticipated second book in the Red Queen series, Glass Sword, transports readers to the world of Silver tyranny, a Red dawn rising, and one girl\u2019s resolve to break down the system that will hold her back no longer. ",
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