The Queen and I (novel) Navy submarine under the Arctic ice cap. Their neighbours, who are at first sceptical, eventually include the ex-royal family in their society and help them as much as their own circumstances allow. Although the Queen Mum is the oldest, she learns very fast how to cope with the new situation, but even in the poor circumstances of Hellebore Close she cannot stop herself from betting on horses. Her death shakes the whole neighbourhood and everyone takes part in her cheap, but solemn funeral. A disgruntled fishmonger and his wife start a campaign to "Bring Our Monarch Back", under its acronym
The Snow Queen (Lackey novel) The Snow Queen (Lackey novel) The Snow Queen is a 2008 novel by Mercedes Lackey, the fourth book of the "Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms" series. As in the previous book, "Fortune's Fool", characters from earlier books in the series are either mentioned or appear as secondary characters. Aleksia, Queen of the Northern Lights, is the fairy godmother of the land she rules. She is known to have a heart of ice, hence her title of the "Snow Queen". Her duty is to help characters like Kay and Gerda redeem themselves and their sweethearts, gain backbones, and become more