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Nettle & Bone

by T. Kingfisher

4.5
(10 ratings)
256 pages2023Tor BooksISBN 9781250244000

About this book

<p><b>Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel</b><br><b>An Instant <i>USA Today</i> & Indie Bestseller</b><br><b>An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022</b><br><b>A Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022<br>An NPR Best Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction Book of 2022</b><br><b>A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee</b><b><br><br>From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure.</b><br><br><i>This isn't the kind of fairy tale where the princess marries a prince.</i><br><i><br>It's the one where she kills him.</i><br><br>Marra — a shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter — is relieved not to be married off for the sake of her parents’ throne. Her older sister wasn’t so fortunate though, and her royal husband is as abusive as he is powerful. From the safety of the convent, Marra wonders who will come to her sister’s rescue and put a stop to this. But after years of watching their families and kingdoms pretend all is well, Marra realizes if any hero is coming, it will have to be Marra herself.<br><br>If Marra can complete three impossible tasks, a witch will grant her the tools she needs. But, as is the way in stories of princes and the impossible, these tasks are only the beginning of Marra’s strange and enchanting journey to save her sister and topple a throne.<br><br><b>“Wholly entertaining."—<i>Buzzfeed</i><br><br>“A modern classic.”—Seanan McGuire, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Every Heart A Doorway</i><br><br>“Pure delight. T. Kingfisher uses the bones of fairy tale to create something entirely her own.”—Emily Tesh, award-winning author of <i>Silver in the Wood</i></b><br><br><b>Also by T. Kingfisher</b><br><i>Thornhedge</i><br><i>A Sorceress Comes to Call</i><br><i>What Moves the Dead</i><br><i>What Feasts at Night</i><br><i>A House with Good Bones</i></p>

Publication Details

Publisher
Tor Books
Published
2023
Pages
256
ISBN
9781250244000
Language
en

About T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher is the vaguely absurd pen-name of Ursula Vernon, an author from North Carolina. In another life, she writes children's books and weird comics. She has been nominated for the World Fantasy and the Eisner, and has won the Hugo, Sequoyah, Nebula, Alfie, WSFA, Coyotl and Ursa Major awards, as well as a half-dozen Junior Library Guild selections. This is the name she uses when writing things for grown-ups. Her work includes multiple fairy-tale retellings and odd little stories about elves and goblins. When she is not writing, she is probably out in the garden, trying to make eye contact with butterflies. [Source][1] [1]: https://www.amazon.com/T-Kingfisher/e/B00LBKVU3E?ref=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000

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