Queen Demon (Rising World, 2) [Wells, Martha]

Author: Martha Wells

A USA Today Bestseller!
A Finalist for the Locus Award!

The remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel Witch King: a breathtaking new epic fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Murderbot Diaries.

Dahin, a beloved member of the Witch King's coterie, believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself.

Can Kai stop the rise of a new Hierarch?

And can he trust his companions to do what's right?

A story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.

Publisher: Macmillan Publishers (MPS)
Published: 09/01/2026
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.04oz
ISBN: 9781250826930

About the Author
MARTHA WELLS has written many novels, including the New York Times and USA Today-bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, which has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards, and was adapted into an Apple Original TV series. Other titles include Witch King, City of Bones, The Wizard Hunters, Wheel of the Infinite, the Books of the Raksura series (beginning with The Cloud Roads and ending with The Harbors of the Sun), and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer, as well as YA fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction.