An Instant USA Today & Indie Bestseller
An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022
A Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022
An NPR Best Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction Book of 2022
A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee
From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes
an original and subversive fantasy adventure.
*A very special hardcover edition, featuring gold foil stamp on the
casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.*
This isn't the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince.
It's the one where she kills him.
Marra never wanted to be a hero.
As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the
traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an
uncaring throne. But her sister wasn't so fortunate--and after years of
silence, Marra is done watching her suffer at the hands of a powerful
and abusive prince.
Seeking help for her rescue mission, Marra is offered the tools she
needs, but only if she can complete three seemingly impossible tasks:
--build a dog of bones
--sew a cloak of nettles
--capture moonlight in a jar
But, as is the way in tales of princes and witches, doing the impossible
is only the beginning.
Hero or not--now joined by a disgraced ex-knight, a reluctant fairy
godmother, an enigmatic gravewitch and her fowl familiar--Marra might
finally have the courage to save her sister, and topple a throne.
"Nettle & Bone is the kind of book that immediately feels like an
old friend. Fairytale mythic resonance meets homey pragmatism in this
utterly delightful story. It's creepy, funny, heartfelt, and full of
fantastic characters I absolutely loved!" --Melissa Caruso, author of
The Tethered Mage
