Ready your blade. Defeat the undead. Gideon the Ninth meets the
Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy
about a disgraced ghost-fighting warrior who must journey into a
haunted wasteland to rescue a kidnapped prince. In the Dominions,
the dead linger, violent and unpredictable, unless a bonesmith
severs the ghost from its earthly remains. For bonesmith Wren,
becoming a valkyr - a ghost-fighting warrior - is a chance to
solidify her place in the noble House of Bone and impress her
frequently absent father. But when sabotage causes Wren to fail her
qualifying trial, she is banished to the Border Wall, the last line
of defence against a wasteland called the Breach where the vicious
dead roam unchecked. Determined to reclaim her family's respect,
Wren gets her chance when a House of Gold prince is kidnapped and
taken beyond the Wall. To prove she has what it takes to be a
valkyr, Wren vows to cross the Breach and rescue the prince. But to
do so, she's forced into an uneasy alliance with one of the
kidnappers - a fierce ironsmith called Julian from the exiled House
of Iron, the very people who caused the Breach in the first
place...and the House of Bone's sworn enemy. As they travel, Wren
and Julian spend as much time fighting each other as they do the
undead, but when they discover there's more behind the kidnapping
than either of them knew, they'll need to work together to combat
the real danger: a dark alliance that is brewing between the living
and the undead. 'Filled with magic, betrayal, and undead horrors'
Jodi Meadows 'I've been dying for a YA novel with unique magic, and
Bonesmith delivered it on a ghostly-green platter' Tricia
Levenseller 'Packed with action and betrayal' Rebecca Schaeffer 'A
dark fantasy thrillride' Amélie Wen Zhao
General
| Imprint: |
Hodderscape
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
House of the Dead |
| Release date: |
July 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Nicki Pau Preto
|
| Dimensions: |
238 x 158 x 46mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
464 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-72234-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-399-72234-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781399722346 |
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