An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!
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Return to the opulent world of Elfhame, filled with intrigue, betrayal,
and dangerous desires, with this first book of a captivating new duology
from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black.
A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them
both.
Eight years have passed since the Battle of the Serpent. But in the icy
north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle
Citadel. There, she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of
stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge.
Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power
over her mother, fled to the human world. There, she lives feral in the
woods. Lonely, and still haunted by the merciless torments she endured
in the Court of Teeth, she bides her time by releasing mortals from
foolish bargains. She believes herself forgotten until the storm hag,
Bogdana chases her through the night streets. Suren is saved by none
other than Prince Oak, heir to Elfhame, to whom she was once promised in
marriage and who she has resented for years.
Now seventeen, Oak is charming, beautiful, and manipulative. He's on a
mission that will lead him into the north, and he wants Suren's help.
But if she agrees, it will mean guarding her heart against the boy she
once knew and a prince she cannot trust, as well as confronting all the
horrors she thought she left behind.