In this raucous, tongue-in-cheek spin on the Romanian fairytale “The Girl Who Became A Boy,” a knight attempts to thwart invasion, save the most beautiful woman in the world, and finally get away from their sisters.
Jules is tired of running low-stakes errands with their five magically mismatched sisters, whose skills include killing plants, inducing sneezing, and making smaller windows … slightly larger. Blessed with a poorly controlled ability to make flowers bloom, Jules longs for a mission where they can actually prove themself. And when the siblings stumble upon a rival kingdom’s plot to overthrow their royal family, Jules sees an opportunity.
What follows is a whirlwind of botched disguises, accidental heroics, talking animals with surprisingly strong opinions, and one very inconvenient crush on the most sought-after princess in the land. And through all this, Jules learns that happy endings are indeed possible, even if you’re not quite Prince Charming. A cozy yet epic retelling of a Romanian fairy-tale, This Knight Topples Empires proves that the greatest victories of all are love and self-acceptance.
Born in the US, Ry Herman is now a permanent Scottish resident, and has been writing theatrical plays for most of their life. Ry is bisexual and genderqueer. Their hobbies include baking bread, playing tabletop roleplaying games, and reading as many books as humanly possible. They’re the author of This Princess Kills Monsters.
Praise for the author's debut This Princess Kills Monsters:
“Madcap, monster-packed, and swoon worthy, this delightful adventure is as enchanting as it is hilarious.” – Julia Seales, nationally bestselling author of A Most Agreeable Murder
"Thrilling, irreverent, wondrous—yet unswervingly true to the hearts of those too wise to be honest and too wounded to believe.” –Ryka Aoki, author ofLight from Uncommon Stars
“This charming, comic take on the Brothers Grimm’s ‘The Twelve Huntsmen’ from Herman takes readers on an irreverent tour of fairy tale tropes through the eyes of a wonderfully snarky princess.…Readers are sure to be won over by the cleverly deployed archetypes, snappy prose, and rollicking adventure.” —Publishers Weekly
“I laughed so much while reading this book. Such a fun and adventurous story of a retelling of a Grimm Fairy Tale story…An absolute wild ride with hilarity, romance, and adventure!” —The Non-Binary Librarian
"Queer readers and fairytale anarchists, this one’s your anthem. A must-read for fans of Gideon the Ninth meets Sleeping Beauty if she woke up swinging.” —Fully Booked
In this raucous, tongue-in-cheek spin on the Romanian fairytale “The Girl Who Became A Boy,” a knight attempts to thwart invasion, save the most beautiful woman in the world, and finally get away from their sisters.
Jules is tired of running low-stakes errands with their five magically mismatched sisters, whose skills include killing plants, inducing sneezing, and making smaller windows … slightly larger. Blessed with a poorly controlled ability to make flowers bloom, Jules longs for a mission where they can actually prove themself. And when the siblings stumble upon a rival kingdom’s plot to overthrow their royal family, Jules sees an opportunity.
What follows is a whirlwind of botched disguises, accidental heroics, talking animals with surprisingly strong opinions, and one very inconvenient crush on the most sought-after princess in the land. And through all this, Jules learns that happy endings are indeed possible, even if you’re not quite Prince Charming. A cozy yet epic retelling of a Romanian fairy-tale, This Knight Topples Empires proves that the greatest victories of all are love and self-acceptance.
Born in the US, Ry Herman is now a permanent Scottish resident, and has been writing theatrical plays for most of their life. Ry is bisexual and genderqueer. Their hobbies include baking bread, playing tabletop roleplaying games, and reading as many books as humanly possible. They’re the author of This Princess Kills Monsters.
Praise for the author's debut This Princess Kills Monsters:
“Madcap, monster-packed, and swoon worthy, this delightful adventure is as enchanting as it is hilarious.” – Julia Seales, nationally bestselling author of A Most Agreeable Murder
"Thrilling, irreverent, wondrous—yet unswervingly true to the hearts of those too wise to be honest and too wounded to believe.” –Ryka Aoki, author ofLight from Uncommon Stars
“This charming, comic take on the Brothers Grimm’s ‘The Twelve Huntsmen’ from Herman takes readers on an irreverent tour of fairy tale tropes through the eyes of a wonderfully snarky princess.…Readers are sure to be won over by the cleverly deployed archetypes, snappy prose, and rollicking adventure.” —Publishers Weekly
“I laughed so much while reading this book. Such a fun and adventurous story of a retelling of a Grimm Fairy Tale story…An absolute wild ride with hilarity, romance, and adventure!” —The Non-Binary Librarian
"Queer readers and fairytale anarchists, this one’s your anthem. A must-read for fans of Gideon the Ninth meets Sleeping Beauty if she woke up swinging.” —Fully Booked
