A rich, emotionally charged story, The Lost Queen will captivate readers who are drawn to complex characters, literary mysteries, and the powerful forces of love, loss, and memory.
Rod Carley, award-winning author of Ruff
A rich, emotionally charged story that will captivate readers who are drawn to complex characters, literary mysteries, and the powerful forces of love, loss, and memory.
—Rod Carley, award-winning author of Ruff
A wonderful, deep, touching, beautifully crafted book. Heidi von Palleske is a master storyteller.
Matt Zimbel, documentary fiilmmaker
In The Lost Queen, Heidi von Palleske steps back into the haunting, beautiful world she first conjured in The Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack. She writes with a kind of quiet magic—the kind that sneaks up on you, the kind that makes ordinary moments shimmer. Von Palleske sees the world through both a camera lens and a poet’s eye, every frame alive, every line rich with feeling. She doesn’t just tell a story; she immerses you in one—guiding you through the dark toward something warm, luminous, and deeply human. It’s a book to fall into, get lost in, and come out the other side changed.
Thom Ernst, author of The Wild Boy of Waubamik
An operatic ensemble cast, vibrant colours, a mystery to solve and… cakes. Von Palleske serves a novel like a slice of apfelkuchen, layered with sights and scents, twining memory and introspection. Fairytale, modern romance, mythic, sometimes witchy, The Lost Queen gives fans of Two White Queens and The One Eyed Jack more to love.
Emily Weedon, author of Autokrator and Hemo Sapiens
A wonderful, deep, touching, beautifully crafted book. Heidi von Palleske is a master storyteller.
Matt Zimbel, documentary filmmaker
Heidi von Palleske writes with a kind of quiet magic — the kind that sneaks up on you, the kind that makes ordinary moments shimmer. Von Palleske sees the world through both a camera lens and a poet’s eye, every frame alive, every line rich with feeling. She doesn’t just tell a story; she immerses you in one — guiding you through the dark toward something warm, luminous, and deeply human. It’s a book to fall into, get lost in, and come out the other side changed.
Thom Ernst, author of The Wild Boy of Waubamik
An operatic ensemble cast, vibrant colours, a mystery to solve and… cakes. Heidi von Palleske serves a novel like a slice of apfelkuchen, layered with sights and scents, twining memory and introspection. A fairy tale and modern romance, The Lost Queen is mythic and sometimes witchy.
Emily Weedon, author of Hemo Sapiens
Heidi von Palleske’s long-awaited sequel to Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack arrives with all the invention, mystery, and emotional charge of the first book—and then some. The Lost Queen picks up the threads of her unforgettable characters and the wild, uncanny world she created, carrying them forward with wit, beauty, and a deepening sense of intrigue. Told with energy and soul, the story opens up each character in ways that make whole sections fly by, pulling the reader onward with the irresistible need to know: Where, oh where, is the lost White Queen? A richly imagined, compulsively readable novel. Highly recommended.
Adrian Hough, actor Assassin's creed, X-Men
In the mesmerizing second novel of her trilogy, Von Palleske plunges her extraordinary characters ever deeper into a cauldron of pain, suffering and unbearable loss, yet always with abundant charm, wit, and abiding tenderness for their hardships and longings. In lesser hands the proceedings risk collapsing under their own weight, but the author’s love, admiration, even awe for her flawed creations is so genuine, and her hopes for their forbearance and transcendence held so dear, that we can’t help but take these people into our hearts, hold them tight, share their struggles and cheer their victories as our own. What a stellar writer. What a moving read. This book ripped my guts out in the very best way.
Jeffrey Hirschfield - writer, director, producer, Lexx, Love Thy Neighbour
A shimmering odyssey, Heidi von Palleske’s novel grabs the reader by the heart and never lets go. A cast of audacious and unforgettable characters, each grappling with a profound loss, joins forces on an epic international search for their beloved Lost Queen. Exquisitely written, heart-rending, and at times deliciously funny, this story evokes all the senses as it explores what it means to fully love and live.
Barbara Radecki, author of THE DARKHOUSE
Heidi von Palleske’s The Lost Queen is darkly funny, heart-rending, occasionally disturbing, and ultimately uplifting — a novel filled with richly drawn, almost Dickensian characters whom I found myself missing long after the final page.
Peter Horton, author of North
A haunting meditation on love, loss, and the fierce power of art — The Lost Queen illuminates the architecture of longing with rare grace.
Kati Preston, author of Hidden
A really, really good book - a real page turner. I loved it!
Jeremy Irons, Academy Award winning Actor