<P> Red Queen is a young adult fantasy novel written by American writer Victoria Aveyard . It was her first series and her first novel . It was published in February 2015 . Its sequels are Glass Sword and King's Cage . Red Queen won the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Goodreads Author and was nominated for the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction . </P> <P> Mare Barrow is a Red living with her parents and a younger sister, Gisa . Her three older brothers, Bree, Tramy, and Shade, serve in the front line of a war fought between the northern Kingdom the Lakelands and the Barrow's homeland, the Kingdom of Norta . Norta is currently ruled by King Tiberius Calore VI, one of many Silvers with supernatural powers that allow him and the rest of the Silvers, who also have supernatural powers, to rule over the more numerous but powerless Reds . Mare is jealous of her sister because of her beauty, the love of her parents, and because she has a job which means no conscription . When she learns that her best friend, Kilorn Warren, will be conscripted, she plans an escape and meets with a colleague who directs her to Farley, a captain of the Scarlet Guard, insurgents composed of Reds who want to bring equality between their people and the Silvers . Farley demands a sum of money in exchange for Kilorn's escape . </P> <P> A plan to steal from a Silver with Gisa goes horribly wrong when a massacre occurs after the scarlet guard bombed the kingdom and Gisa's hand is broken in the chaos, forcing Gisa to stop supporting her family . During her attempt to steal at a tavern, Mare meets with Cal, a handsome teen who listens to her problems and takes her home while also giving her money . The next day, Mare is taken to the king's local residence and given a job as a servant and realizes that Cal is Tiberias Calore VI's son, Prince Tiberias Calore VII, who wants to protect her from conscription . During the Queenstrial, where Silver nobility compete for Cal's hand, Mare displays electrokinetic powers against Cal's eventual bride, Evangeline Samos . She is captured, but because the king fears of an uprising should a Red be discovered to have supernatural powers, Mare is made a bride of Tiberias' second son, the shy Maven, given the name Mareena Titanos, and a cover story: the daughter of a Silver general who was adopted by the Reds in the war zone . Mare soon develops mutual feelings for Cal, her betrothed's brother and the future Silver king . She becomes increasingly guilty as the book progresses as she finds herself falling in love with Maven . </P> <P> Suddenly having to live as a noble within the king's ranks, Mare slowly acquaints herself with Maven and Cal while also befriending Julian Jacos, Cal's uncle and a librarian who teaches her how to control her powers, and Lucas Samos, Evangeline's cousin and a security guard . Mare is permitted to say goodbye to her family by Cal and learns the return of Bree and Tramy, but not Shade, who was beheaded by the enemies . Furious that her favourite brother was killed, Mare joins the Scarlet Guard followed by Kilorn, who also promises that he will join the Scarlet Guard, which infuriates Mare . Eventually, Mare secretly reunites with Farley at the palace to discuss the next step of the organisation's plan and is surprised when Maven joins in . The plan involves disrupting a royal ball and killing several important Silvers, but ends up killing many innocent Silvers due to an unexpected bomb . Though the rebels are able to be freed thanks to Julian's help, Mare is disturbed when she learns that Farley did not design the bomb . </P>

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