Waiting on Wednesday #28: The Orphan Queen

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

 The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen#1)
 by Jodi Meadows

 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

 Date of Publication: March 10th 2015

 Synopsis (Goodreads):

Wilhelmina has a hundred identities.

 She is a princess. When the Indigo Kingdom conquered her homeland, Wilhelmina and other orphaned  children of nobility were taken to Skyvale, the Indigo Kingdom’s capital. Ten years later, they are the  Ospreys, experts at stealth and theft. With them, Wilhelmina means to take back her throne.

 She is a spy. Wil and her best friend, Melanie, infiltrate Skyvale Palace to study their foes. They assume  the identities of nobles from a wraith-fallen kingdom, but enemies fill the palace, and Melanie’s behavior  grows suspicious. With Osprey missions becoming increasingly dangerous and their leader more  unstable, Wil can’t trust anyone.

She is a threat. Wraith is the toxic by-product of magic, and for a century using magic has been forbidden. Still the wraith pours across the continent, reshaping the land and animals into fresh horrors. Soon it will reach the Indigo Kingdom. Wilhelmina’s magic might be the key to stopping the wraith, but if the vigilante Black Knife discovers Wil’s magic, she will vanish like all the others

Jodi Meadows introduces a vivid new fantasy full of intrigue, romance, dangerous magic, and one girl’s battle to reclaim her place in the world.