From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver is a dark reimagining of Snow White steeped in poison, intrigue and treason of the most magical kind.
Healer Anja knows little of politics but much of poisons. When she is summoned to treat the mysterious illness afflicting the king’s daughter, she finds herself against the clock, desperate to track down the source of the poison killing Princess Snow. But the chance discovery of a strange alternate world inside a magic mirror leads Anja to darker discoveries, including what really happened to Snow’s dead sister, Rose, and why their mother seemingly went mad and cut out her heart.
Aided by a taciturn bodyguard, a narcissistic cat and a late Renaissance understanding of the scientific method, Anja must navigate the mysteries of the mirror world before the dark queen that dwells within rises to threaten them all.
‘Funny, frightening and full of heart’
Alix E. Harrow on Nettle & Bone
‘A sharp-edged delight’
Katherine Addison on Thornhedge
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781035052677
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm
Kingfisher never fails to dazzle - Peter S. Beagle, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning author of The Last Unicorn
Kingfisher’s fairyland is full of teeth, wonder and horror; what’s dark is very dark, but what’s good will give you warmth. By the last page, my heart was mended - NPR
T. Kingfisher’s delicate, bittersweet style of fantasy is like nothing else on shelves at the moment . . . a perfect blend of sharp-edged humor and horror-tinged heart - Paste
Kingfisher is a master . . . A wonderful entwining of darkness & whimsy - Travis Baldree, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Legends & Lattes on Nettle & Bone
A modern classic - Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway on Nettle & Bone
Funny, frightening and full of heart; I loved it - Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House on Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisher uses the bones of fairy tale to create something entirely her own - Emily Tesh, Hugo-Award winning author of Some Desperate Glory on Nettle & Bone
Absolutely delightful and full of charm and truth - Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education and Uprooted on Thornhedge
Haunting and unusual – a unique retelling of a classic tale - Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author of the Tortall series on Thornhedge
Full of melancholy charm . . . it’s such a pleasure to read - The New York Times on Thornhedge
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