Sign-In
Cart
A Not-So-Sacrificial Maiden: A Standalone Prequel (A Knightess of the Realm Novel)
Hardcover
Series: Knightess of the Realm
Publisher Price: $32.99
Publisher: Rising Dragon Books
Published: Mar 12 2026
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.92
Height: 1.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What do you do when the King wants to turn you over to an Evil Wizard? Become a knight and fight the Wizard, of course!
***
Five years ago the Evil Wizard Henig turned the prosperous province of Taridawil into a Black Desert.
One year ago, the Evil Wizard Henig slew Karana's parents.
Now... seventeen-year-old Karana Metreedi survived a brutal winter in the Forest of Ryylyn - a full year with no human contact. She emerged to discover that Henig has demanded the King turn Karana over or the rest of the Realm will suffer Taridawil's fate.
But Karana has responsibilities far beyond this one 'small' Realm. She's the Head of the most powerful merchant House in the world.
Karana simply doesn't have time to serve as a Sacrificial Maiden - not that it looks like a choice she gets to make!
Are you fond of feisty females who turn Fate on its ear, challenge the status quo, and set the guys around them straight - all in an exciting new fantasy world where dragons once roamed and might again? Then this is the book for you!
***
I cry the King's mercy to not throw me - orphaned, alone, and helpless - into the hands of the Evil Wizard.
Allow me to train, even as do thy knights and I shall see that the Evil Wizard must face Justice!
A bold claim. An arrogant one, even, that Karana could do what knights and armies could not.
A ridiculous request - for the daughter of a commoner to enter knightly training at an age when the sons of nobles would be deemed too old. Was the look of hope on the King's Theolore's face merely a trick of the light?
Thou shalt have thy chance, dear maiden, King Theolore answered. Thou takest upon thyself a nigh impossible task, however. Thou hast less than two full years from today - Midsummer's Day.
For upon the end of that time, whither thy preparation is complete or no, thee must face Henig in his dark citadel - for the good of the Realm.
Also from
McNamara, Mangala
The Pale Sorceress: Book Four of the Chronicles of Ilseador (The Prydeen Prophecy Cycle)
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
How Thony Stopped a War (and Fixed a Friendship): Book 4 of the Prankster Prince
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
Diary of a (Runaway Prince) Bold Questing Hero: (Book One of the Pathremiri Problem)
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
The UnCaptive King: Book Five of the Chronicles of Ilseador (The Prydeen Prophecy Cycle)
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
An Altogether-Curious Altercation: Book 1 of the Secrets of Dragon Mountain (Knightess of the Realm)
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
An Altogether-Curious Altercation: Book 1 of the Secrets of Dragon Mountain (A Knightess of the Realm Novel)
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
An All-Too-Obvious Choice: Book 2 of the Secrets of Dragon Mountain (A Knightess of the Realm Novel)
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
An All-Too-Obvious Choice: Book 2 of the Secrets of Dragon Mountain (A Knightess of the Realm Novel)
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
How Thony Stopped a War (and Fixed a Friendship): Book 4 of the Prankster Prince
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
The Pale Sorceress: Book Four of the Chronicles of Ilseador (The Prydeen Prophecy Cycle)
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
Diary of a (Runaway Prince) Bold Questing Hero: (Book One of the Pathremiri Problem)
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
An All-Too-Easy Answer: Book 1 of the Wedding of the Season (A Knightess of the Realm Novel)
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
An Entirely Rational(ized) Decision: Book 3 of the Secrets of Dragon Mountain (A Knightess of the Realm Novel)
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
An Entirely Rational(ized) Decision: Book 3 of the Secrets of Dragon Mountain (A Knightess of the Realm Novel)
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
Scaredy Cat: A Standalone Holiday Prequel (A Knightess of the Realm Novella)
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
Scaredy Cat: A Standalone Holiday Prequel (A Knightess of the Realm Novella)
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
An All-Too-Easy Answer: Book 1 of the Wedding of the Season (A Knightess of the Realm Novel)
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
A Not-So-Sacrificial Maiden: A Standalone Prequel (A Knightess of the Realm Novel)
McNamara, Mangala
Paperback
The UnCaptive King: Book Five of the Chronicles of Ilseador (The Prydeen Prophecy Cycle)
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
The Pirate-King Book Three of the Chronicles of Ilseador: Book Three of the Chronicles of Ilseador
McNamara, Mangala
Hardcover
Also in
Fantasy
The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, Book 1) (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Gillig, Rachel
Paperback
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paperback
The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
Goldman, William
Paperback
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Kuang, R. F.
Paperback
Japanese Gothic: A Folk Horror Novel of Japanese Mythology, Murder, and Family Duty Across Two Timelines
Baker, Kylie Lee
Hardcover
Assistant to the Villain: A Cozy Fantasy Romantic Comedy from a Tiktok Sensation
Maehrer, Hannah Nicole
Paperback
Before I Knew I Loved You: A Cozy Magical Realism Novel of Time Travel, Love, and Memory, Set in a Fabled Tokyo Café
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
Hardcover