
Norta is currently ruled by King Tiberias Calore VI, one of many "Silver" citizens, whose silver blood and supernatural powers allow them to rule over the more numerous yet powerless red blooded population. Her three older brothers, Bree, Tramy, and Shade, serve in the front line of a war fought between the northern Kingdom the Lakelands and the Barrows' homeland, the Kingdom of Norta. Mare Barrow is a Red 17-year-old living with her parents and a younger sister, Gisa. Red Queen won the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Goodreads Author and was nominated for the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction. Aveyard followed up with three sequels: Glass Sword, King's Cage and War Storm. Published in February 2015, it was her first novel and first series. Red Queen is a young adult fantasy novel written by American writer Victoria Aveyard.
