Pandora: The Wicked King by Holly Black was a sequel to The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. The setting was islands near the mortal land. As Jude (a mortal girl raised in Faerie) orders Cardan she realizes that the land changes as Cardan does, because he is the high king. Near the end of the book, Cardan uses his power as high king to stop a war. He uses the land under the sea to boil and threaten the sea folk from attacking the land. |