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✨ Features: 📖 Hardcover edition — ex-library copy 🏰 Book #1 in The Lost Queen series 🏴 Historical fiction set in sixth-century Scotland ✨ Inspired by the real-life Languoreth, twin sister of the man believed to have inspired the legend of Merlin ⚔️ Celtic history, ancient beliefs, political intrigue, war, and forbidden love ⭐ Goodreads Rating: 4.16⭐ 🌶️ Spice Level: 1/5 💕 Popular Tropes: 🏴 Ancient Scotland 👑 Forgotten Queen ⚔️ Political Intrigue ❤️ Forbidden Love 💍 Arranged Marriage 🌿 Pagan / Celtic Traditions 🧙 Merlin Legend 👫 Sibling Bond ⚔️ War & Survival ✨ Arthurian-Legend Connections 📖 About: Languoreth and her twin brother Lailoken are raised according to the Old Way as Christianity begins spreading across ancient Scotland. When war brings Emrys Pendragon and his warriors to her home, Languoreth falls for Maelgwn—but she has already been promised in marriage to the son of a Christian king. Caught between love, duty, religion and the survival of her people, Languoreth becomes a powerful figure in the history that would eventually inspire the legends of Merlin and Arthur. Signe Pike considers the series historical fiction rather than fantasy, with its major characters and conflicts grounded in historical sources.