Queen of Kings, Maria Dahvana Headley
Queen of Kings, Maria Dahvana Headley
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Queen of Kings
A Novel of Cleopatra, the Vampire

Author: Maria Dahvana Headley

Narrator: Katherine Kellgren

Unabridged: 13 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/14/2011

Synopsis

Maria Dahvana Headley blends history, romance, and the supernatural for a fantastic tale set in ancient Egypt. Upon hearing news of her husband Antony's death, Cleopatra is distraught. In an effort to resurrect him, she summons the fearsome warrior goddess Sekhmet. Striking a deal with the deity, Cleopatra pays a terrible price in the bargain and is transformed into a terrifying vampire-like creature whose lust for blood is only matched by her desire to exact vengeance upon those who have wronged her. "It's rare that a first novel is so magical, so dark, so well-researched, so smart or so compelling."-Neil Gaiman

About Maria Dahvana Headley

Maria Dahvana Headley is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author and editor. Her novels include Magonia, Aerie, and Queen of Kings, and she has also written a memoir, The Year of Yes. With Kat Howard, she is the author of The End of the Sentence, and with Neil Gaiman, she is co-editor of Unnatural Creatures. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards, and her work has been supported by the MacDowell Colony and by Arte Studio Ginestrelle, where the first draft of The Mere Wife was written. She was raised with a wolf and a pack of sled dogs in the high desert of rural Idaho, and now lives in Brooklyn.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Janelle on July 19, 2022

Part historical novel set in Rome at the time of Cleopatra and Augustus, part Egyptian mythogy with Cleopatra becoming a shapeshifting vampire after selling her soul to the goddess Sekhmet, part Greek mythology with Hades and Persephone and a priestess of Hecate, throw in a touch of Norse mythology......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on June 04, 2019

Time of Death: 6:39 PM, Tuesday, June 4th, 2019. DNF. This isn’t bad. I just don’t want to read it anymore. In defense of the book: I was just expecting something different. Cleopatra turned out kind of whiny, and for that matter so did Augustus, which is the opposite of everything I loved about The M......more

Goodreads review by Ranting on August 17, 2011

[URL not allowed]-of... Next to my keyboard lies the book I just finished: Queen of Kings, the debut novel from Maria Dahvana Headley, author of The Year of Yes (a memoir of the year she spent saying yes to anyone who asked her out). Staring at me from the cover is a striking image o......more

Goodreads review by Andy on July 01, 2011

Complete this brief survey to determine if "Queen of Kings" is the book for you: Mark any of the following that you are into. • Cleopatra • Marc Antony • Rome • Egypt • Gods that fuck with human lives • Blood-sucking shapeshifters • Ghosts arising from various underworlds • Fate-spinning sorcerers from Ocean......more

Goodreads review by Marci on June 27, 2011

Very disappointing!! This could've been really great! Didn't enjoy this considering what a huge fan of Cleopatra, all things Egypt and Rome, and of vampires I am! Boring, and a bit cheesy. I had to stop reading towards the end. Could not get into it! Sorry, didn't do it for me :( very disappointed!......more

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