Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novella!
FromNew York Timesbestselling author T. Kingfisher,Thornhedgeis the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.
There's a princess trapped in a tower. Thisisn'ther story.
Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simple, right?
But nothing with fairies is ever simple.
Centuries later, a knight approaches a towering wall of brambles, where the thorns are as thick as your arm and as sharp as swords. He's heard there's a curse here that needs breaking, but it's a curse Toadling will do anything to uphold&
The wayThornhedgeturns all the fairy tales inside out is a sharp-edged delight.
Katherine Addison, author ofThe Goblin Emperor
Also by T. Kingfisher
Nettle & Bone
A Sorceress Comes to Call
What Moves the Dead
What Feasts at Night
A House with Good Bones
T. KINGFISHER writes fantasy, horror, and occasional oddities, including
Nettle & Bone,
A Sorceress Comes to Call,
What Moves the Dead, and
A House with Good Bones. Under a pen name, she also writes bestselling children's books. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, cats, and a yard full of toads who watch her suspiciously whenever she gardens.
I opened, I devoured. Absolutely delightful and full of charm and truth. Naomi Novik,New York Timesbestselling author ofA Deadly Education
Immensely charming, unexpected, full of heart, I was utterly delighted by this incredibly original retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Katherine Arden, bestselling authol“8
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