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