LIAR'S TEST

A young woman must win the Queen's Test in order to destroy the kingdom that colonized her homeland in this thrilling Aboriginal YA Fantasy.

Win the crown. Destroy the kingdom. Bell Silverleaf is a liar. It's how she survived being held prisoner by the sun-priests - by keeping her head down, by telling them what they wanted to hear. But now she's out and she's got a shot at the crown. She is the only Treesinger in the Queen's Test, and no one expects her to win. But Bell has spent the last seven years learning how to stay alive in the Risen's world, and she has a plan to lie her way into becoming Queen of the Risen. But the Test doesn't go as planned, and as Bell faces rigged challenges and merciless saboteurs who'd like to see her gone, she uncovers that there is more to the Queen's Test - and to the queendom herself - than she thought. For it's not only humans who have a stake in the Test, but the so-called gods - the very beings who colonized Bell's world and shaped it for the Risen. Now, if Bell wants to be the victor - wants to help free her people - not only is she going to have to lie, but she's going to have to trust... in her friends, her ancestors, and her own destiny. And then she's going to come for the Risen's world the way they once came for hers. A brilliant new YA novel which invites readers into a richly drawn speculative world inspired by the author's culture and history as an Aboriginal person. It's fresh and twisty and poignant, a powerful take on colonialism and the often quiet strength of resistance. Ambelin Kwaymullina is an Aboriginal author and illustrator who belongs to the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. She works across a wide range of forms including poetry, art, and both fiction and non-fiction. Ambelin is a multi-award winning writer whose work has been published across the world including in Europe, the United States, China and South Korea. Her latest novel, The Things She's Seen (published as Catching Teller Crow in Australia), cowritten with her brother Ezekiel Kwaymullina, received rave reviews and won multiple awards, including the Victorian Premier's Literary Prize for Young Adult Fiction and the Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel.