![]() The situation is somewhat urgent, since Sakti, who has some magical powers of her own, seems in danger of disappearing (there’s a growing, see-through hole in her middle). They make their way to Mak Genggang, the powerful but kindly witch who we met in the first novel, who suspects they are victims of a curse which may have originated in England (Malaysia was at the time occupied by the British). Such a curse is what sets off the plot of this enjoyable but somewhat less acerbic sequel, which begins on the Malaysian island of Janda Baik, where two young women awaken on the beach after a massive storm, barely remembering their names and not much else, but concluding they must be sisters named Muna and Sakti. But apart from nomenclature, it seems to be the same place, and a magical curse seems to work just fine across cultural barriers. In The True Queen, we learn that the command central of the spirit realm is called the Fairy Court by the Malaysian characters and the Palace of the Unseen by the British, presided over by either the Queen of the Djinns or the Fairy Queen. ![]() Willow Wilson offers some insightful contrasts between Islamic and Christian legend, Zen Cho, in her follow-up novel to Sorcerer to the Crown, does something a bit similar with Malaysian vs. ![]()
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