Leah Davidson is a nobody. A former addict and prostitute, all she owns is stolen cash and car, and by a chance encounter, a compass that leads her somewhere she was never meant to find, but completely belongs.
Meraki Acres is a hidden settlement at a fracture between worlds, where deer-folk refugees and humans keep an uneasy peace. Leah plans to vanish into it. She wants a life of peace after years of abuse, but even that is threatened.
A rival is committing genocide and she gets both caught in the war, and ultimately ends up leading it.
The raids on the deer-folk aren't random. The war is merely a cover for a far greater evil that plans to slaughter indiscriminately, and the only thing standing between the world and what desires annihilation is a woman who was thought a nobody. The Stag Queen.
Embrace this dark fantasy novel about a woman who was kicked down at every opportunity by others, and beloved by those who also suffered at the hands of monsters, leading them to glory.