The New Queen

About the Book

A few months after the end of a hard-fought war with King Richard I, the growing kingdom is finally beginning to stabilize—or so everyone thinks. It is not long before the threat of an attack on the castle leads the kingdom’s young king on a dangerous journey to hopefully thwart their mission. Accompanied by his guards and a red-haired commoner named Elizabeth, King Martin is not far on his journey before he is brutally attacked. As Elizabeth, the woman who wants nothing more than to be the future queen, nurses him back to health, Queen Joanna of Castile begins unfurling a plan to take back the castle and land she believes is rightfully hers. As England closes in, King Martin quickly becomes outnumbered. Now he must find a way to successfully combat his enemy before he loses his new kingdom, friends, true love, and life. In this historical tale, a young king sets out on a dangerous quest with a beautiful, red-haired commoner to protect his land and castle from an evil foe.

About the Author

Martin McAlear began writing after he returned to university as a mature student to study philosophy and minor in creative writing. After writing his first book, The New King, McAlear was named the best new author of 2014 by Moniz and Associates. He has two sons, three stepchildren, and lives with his wife of twenty-four years in Georgetown, Ontario.