Neilgaiman has crafted shear perfection and Riddel illustrated it life. This short story is a fairytale reimagining where the princess is a queen and is the savior and none of the characters are what you expect them to be. It is left up to the reader to determine who is who as titles are the only names used. The queen, once a sleeper herself is to be married but she is not excited. But a sleeping sickness is spreading across her land, and she has been told the only way to stop it is to wake the princess in the neighboring kingdom. This is a job for a Queen, not a knight, and one that will surprise the reader not just for who everyone turns out to be, but for the happy ending that goes against all other fairy tales.
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